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Method to estimate effective vaccination rate developed.
2003 NOV 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have developed a method to estimate effective vaccination rate.
"In some cases vaccination is unreliable. For example vaccination against pertussis has comparatively high level of primary and secondary failures. To evaluate efficiency of vaccination we introduce the idea of effective vaccination rate and suggest an approach to estimate it," scientists in England and New Zealand report.
"We consider pertussis in New Zealand as a case study," stated A. Korobeinikov and collaborators at the University of Oxford in England and University of Auckland in New Zealand. "The results indicate that the level of immunity failure for pertussis is considerably higher than was anticipated."
Korobeinikov and ...
- Flu vaccination rate low in Guangdong.
- Newspaper article from: China Business News February 23, 2006 700+ words
Flu vaccination rate low in Guangdong Shanghai. February...By February this year, the flu vaccination rate in Guangdong province was 2.3...Experts say that the ideal flu vaccination rate should be 30%-70%. A high...
- South Dakota Tops Nation in Flu Vaccination Rate for ages 50-64.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News October 17, 2003 700+ words
...Tribune Business News Oct. 17--South Dakota's flu vaccination rate for adults 50 to 64 led the nation last year, according...vaccinated. The state also ranked second for its 74 percent vaccination rate for people 65 and older. "We encourage South Dakotans...
- Flu vaccination rate low.(SOUTHEAST)
- Magazine article from: McKnight's Long-Term Care News March 1, 2006 700+ words
...county health departments provide flu shot clinics, private doctors' offices give most shots. Experts said that the sheer volume of elderly in the state, along with the many who merely winter there, contribute to the low vaccination rate.
- MMR incentives `should be paid to health visitors'; drop in London's...
- Magazine article from: Nursing Standard Harrison, Sarah January 15, 2003 700+ words
HEALTH VISITORS should be paid financial incentives to improve take-up of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine, the London Assembly's health committee has recommended. The assembly has urged the Department of Health to give health visitors the immunisation benefits of up to 3,000 [pounds
- Vaccination rate low for city kids
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times TOM MCNAMEE July 3, 1996 700+ words
Measles vaccination rates soared in Chicago when a furious epidemic swept through town seven years ago, but vaccination rates for other deadly childhood diseases remain dangerously low, according to a study released today. As a result, the University of Chicago study said, vaccination rates for
- Colorado teen vaccination rate better than national average
- Newspaper article from: Colorado Springs Business Journal Amy Gillentine September 22, 2009 700+ words
Colorado teenagers have the nation's highest rate of immunization against tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In its first report that examines state by state immunization rates, the CDC said that 63 percent of Colorado teenagers received
- Houston Children's Vaccination Rate Sinks Lower.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News August 1, 2003 700+ words
By Leigh Hopper, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 1--Houston's woeful standing in childhood immunization rates slipped to the third-worst in the nation Thursday, just weeks after Gov. Rick Perry signed a new law that allows more parents to refuse vaccinations for their
- SEASONAL FLU : COMMISSION WANTS 75% VACCINATION RATE BY 2015.
- Newspaper article from: Europe Environment July 15, 2009 700+ words
EU countries should ensure, by 2015, that 75% of their elderly (65+) population and 75% of people with underlying health problems are vaccinated yearly against seasonal flu. By 2015, one quarter of the population will be over the age of 65. The European Commission adopted a recommendation on
Source: HighBeam Research, Method to estimate effective vaccination rate developed.