1.
Vaccine
; 30(7): 1265-8, 2012 Feb 08.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22197579
RESUMO
Despite remarkable success of immunization programmes on a global perspective, vaccines are neither 100% efficacious nor 100% effective. Therefore, vaccination failure, i.e. occurrence of a specific disease in an individual despite previous vaccination, may occur. Vaccination failure may be due to actual vaccine failure or failure to vaccinate appropriately. Universally accepted concepts and definitions of vaccination failure are required to assess and compare the benefit of vaccines used in populations. Here we propose general definitions for types of vaccination failure. In the future, these should be complemented by specific definitions for specific vaccines as needed depending on public health considerations.
Assuntos
Infecções Bacterianas/prevenção & controle , Vacinação , Vacinas , Viroses/prevenção & controle , Algoritmos , Infecções Bacterianas/imunologia , Infecções Bacterianas/microbiologia , Armazenamento de Medicamentos , Humanos , Imunidade Inata , Esquemas de Imunização , Guias de Prática Clínica como Assunto , Falha de Tratamento , Vacinas/efeitos adversos , Viroses/imunologia , Viroses/virologia
2.
Vaccine
; 29(5): 1053-71, 2011 Jan 29.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21130754