International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 14, Issue 8 , Pages e649-e658 , August 2010

Pediatric disease burden and vaccination recommendations: understanding local differences

  • Angela Gentile

      Affiliations

    • Ricardo Guiterrez Children's Hospital, Gallo 1330 (1425) Buenos Aires, Argentina
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  • Zulfiqar Bhutta

      Affiliations

    • Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
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  • Lulu Bravo

      Affiliations

    • University of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines
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  • Aly Gamal Samy

      Affiliations

    • Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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  • R. Dennis J. Garcia

      Affiliations

    • Makati Medical Center, Makati, Philippines
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  • Anwar Hoosen

      Affiliations

    • University of Pretoria, South Africa
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  • Tazul Islam

      Affiliations

    • EPI Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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  • Abdollah Karimi

      Affiliations

    • Research Center of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Beheshti University, Mofid Hospital, Tehran, Iran
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  • Mona Salem

      Affiliations

    • Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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  • Sriluck Simasathien

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society of Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand
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  • Amir Sohail

      Affiliations

    • 22/20 B Khiljee Road, Block-B, Mohammadpur, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh
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  • Veerachai Watanaveeradej

      Affiliations

    • Phramongkutklao Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
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  • Karin Wiedenmayer

      Affiliations

    • Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland
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  • Heinz-J. Schmitt

      Affiliations

    • Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics GmbH & Co. KG, Marburg, Germany

Received 16 April 2009 ,Revised 26 August 2009 ,Accepted 5 November 2009.

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    Distribution of cases of diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, and measles (2007 data), and for hepatitis B (HepB) (2002 data) by World Health Organization region.

    Distribution of cases of diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, and measles (2007 data), and for hepatitis B (HepB) (2002 data) by World Health Organization region.

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    Estimated vaccination coverage among infants <1 year of age, for the third dose of vaccines against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (DTP3), hepatitis B (HepB3), and Haemophilus influenzae type b (H

    Estimated vaccination coverage among infants <1 year of age, for the third dose of vaccines against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (DTP3), hepatitis B (HepB3), and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib3), and for the first dose of measles-containing vaccine (MCV1), by World Health Organization (WHO) region. Dotted lines indicate WHO targets, where applicable.

☆ The information given here was presented at the Quinvaxem Advisory Board meeting at the 13th International Congress on Infectious Diseases, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 19, 2008.

PII: S1201-9712(10)00017-2

doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.11.006

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 14, Issue 8 , Pages e649-e658 , August 2010

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