Vaccine coverage and adherence to EPI schedules in eight resource poor settings in the MAL-ED cohort study.

CONCLUSIONS: Our findings highlight the need to improve measles vaccination rates and reduce delayed vaccination to achieve EPI targets related to the establishment of herd immunity and reduction in disease transmission.
PMID: 27998640 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Vaccine - December 16, 2016 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Hoest C, Seidman JC, Lee G, Platts-Mills JA, Ali A, Olortegui MP, Bessong P, Chandyo R, Babji S, Mohan VR, Mondal D, Mahfuz M, Mduma ER, Nyathi E, Abreu C, Miller MA, Pan W, Mason CJ, Knobler SL, MAL-ED Network Investigators Tags: Vaccine Source Type: research