Desirability for a typhoid fever vaccine among rural residents, Pemba Island, Tanzania

Highlights • S. Typhi is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in Africa. • Proxy measures for vaccine desirability can help assess future vaccine up-take. • A dichotomous ready-to-pay variable may contribute to data on vaccine desirability. • Perceived vulnerability to typhoid fever may co...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Vaccine 2013-06, Vol.31 (29), p.2994-2999
Hauptverfasser:	Kaljee, Linda M, Pach, Alfred, Thriemer, Kamala, Ley, Benedikt, Jiddawi, Mohamed, Puri, Mahesh, Ochiai, Leon, Wierzba, Thomas, Clemens, John, Ali, Said M
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Allergy and Immunology analysis of variance Applied microbiology Biological and medical sciences Communication confidence interval Cross-Sectional Studies East Africa Female Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology health services hospitals household expenditure Households Humans Indian Ocean Islands - epidemiology issues and policy Microbiology monitoring morbidity Mortality odds ratio Prevention radio regression analysis Rural Population Rural populations Salmonella enterica Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhi Salmonella typhi sanitation t-test Tanzania - epidemiology Typhoid Typhoid fever Typhoid Fever - epidemiology Typhoid Fever - immunology Typhoid Fever - prevention & control Typhoid-Paratyphoid Vaccines - administration & dosage Typhoid-Paratyphoid Vaccines - economics vaccination Vaccination - economics Vaccination - psychology Vaccine desirability Vaccines Vaccines, antisera, therapeutical immunoglobulins and monoclonal antibodies (general aspects) Variance analysis villages Waterborne diseases
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Zusammenfassung:	Highlights • S. Typhi is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in Africa. • Proxy measures for vaccine desirability can help assess future vaccine up-take. • A dichotomous ready-to-pay variable may contribute to data on vaccine desirability. • Perceived vulnerability to typhoid fever may contribute to vaccine desirability. • Multi-media campaigns are needed to increase local knowledge about typhoid fever.
ISSN:	0264-410X 1873-2518
DOI:	10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.04.058