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2010-04-22Zeitschriftenartikel DOI: 10.25646/557
Changes to the varicella and pertussis immunisation schedule in Germany 2009: Background, rationale and implementation
dc.contributor.authorWiese-Posselt, Miriam
dc.contributor.authorHellenbrand, Wiebke
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-07T13:51:14Z
dc.date.available2018-05-07T13:51:14Z
dc.date.created2010-05-04
dc.date.issued2010-04-22none
dc.identifier.otherhttp://edoc.rki.de/oa/articles/reEv2MVQVBiQ/PDF/20IhDXfhEEm6.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://edoc.rki.de/176904/632
dc.description.abstractIn July 2009, the German Standing Committee on Vaccination (STIKO) modified its recommendations for varicella and pertussis vaccination, based on newly available data on disease epidemiology, vaccine effectiveness (VE) and safety, and an evaluation of the feasibility of the recommended immunisation strategy. The recommendation for varicella vaccine now includes a routine two-dose schedule with the administration of the first dose at the age of 11 to 14 months and the second dose at the age of 15 to 23 months, with a minimum interval of four weeks between these doses. Furthermore, STIKO recommended adding a one-time pertussis booster to the adult vaccination schedule to expand the cocoon strategy in place since 2004. The recommendation of a booster vaccination with an acellular pertussis vaccine every 10 years for persons employed in the care of pre-school children and for healthcare personnel in paediatric, gynaecologic and obstetric health facilities was extended to persons employed in schools and in other institutions caring for older children, and to all healthcare personnel. These recommendations were based on available epidemiological data showing an increase in incidence from 7-10 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in 2002-2004 to over 30 by 2007. Moreover, the high burden of pertussis in infants at 94 hospitalised cases per 100,000 infants in 2007 suggested that the previous cocoon strategy was insufficient.eng
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRobert Koch-Institut
dc.subjectAdulteng
dc.subjectPreschooleng
dc.subjectHumanseng
dc.subjectFemaleeng
dc.subjectGermany/epidemiologyeng
dc.subjectMaleeng
dc.subjectIncidenceeng
dc.subjectChildeng
dc.subjectHospitaleng
dc.subjectPersonneleng
dc.subjectInfanteng
dc.subjectDisease Outbreaks/prevention & controleng
dc.subjectDisease Outbreaks/statistics & numerical dataeng
dc.subjectComorbidityeng
dc.subjectChickenpox/epidemiologyeng
dc.subjectChickenpox/prevention & controleng
dc.subjectCaregiverseng
dc.subjectChickenpox Vaccineeng
dc.subjectChild Care/organization & administrationeng
dc.subjectImmunization Scheduleeng
dc.subjectPertussis Vaccine/administration & dosageeng
dc.subjectWhooping Cough/epidemiologyeng
dc.subjectWhooping Cough/prevention & controleng
dc.subject.ddc610 Medizin
dc.titleChanges to the varicella and pertussis immunisation schedule in Germany 2009: Background, rationale and implementation
dc.typeperiodicalPart
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:0257-1008483
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.25646/557
local.edoc.container-titleEuroSurveillance
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local.edoc.container-volume15
local.edoc.container-issue16
local.edoc.container-year2010

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