Incidence of Vaccine-Preventable Childhood Diseases in the European Union and in the European Free Trade Association Countries.

ABSTRACT: Despite the widespread availability of vaccines, the incidence of vaccine-preventable childhood diseases (VPCD) started to grow in recent years. The aim of the study was to compare the annual incidence of selected VPCDs in the EU (European Union) and EFTA (European Free Trade Association) countries in the period of the last 5 years (2014-2019 or other intervals, depending on data availability), and the country-specific vaccine schedules. VPCD incidence rates in Europe were based on "The Surveillance Atlas of Infectious Diseases" by the ECDC (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control); vaccination schedules were based on ECDC reports. The obligation to vaccinate was not universal, and it generally only applied to two preparations: the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine and the o

SUBMITTER: Jachowicz E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8310256 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature