Burden of vaccine preventable diseases at large events.

CONCLUSION: VPDs not only affect the participants of MGs but also their contacts; vaccine uptake is variable and vaccine implementation is likely to have beneficial effects. Research to address the knowledge gaps surrounding VPDs at MGs is needed.
PMID: 26437018 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Vaccine - October 2, 2015 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Alqahtani AS, Alfelali M, Arbon P, Booy R, Rashid H Tags: Vaccine Source Type: research