Impact of universal vaccination against chicken pox in Navarre, 2006-2010

Impact of universal vaccination against chicken pox in Navarre, 2006-2010

In 2007 universal vaccination against chicken pox was introduced in the vaccine calendar of Navarre. The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of this measure on the incidence of chicken pox in both the vaccinated cohorts (direct effect) and in the unvaccinated cohorts (indirect effect). Chick...

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Veröffentlicht in:Anales del sistema sanitario de Navarra 2011-05, Vol.34 (2), p.193-202
Hauptverfasser: Cenoz, M García, Catalán, J Castilla, Zamarbide, F Irisarri, Berastegui, M Arriazu, Gurrea, A Barricarte
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Sprache:spa
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Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Chickenpox - epidemiology
Chickenpox - prevention & control
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Incidence
Infant
Male
Middle Aged
Spain - epidemiology
Vaccination
Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:In 2007 universal vaccination against chicken pox was introduced in the vaccine calendar of Navarre. The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of this measure on the incidence of chicken pox in both the vaccinated cohorts (direct effect) and in the unvaccinated cohorts (indirect effect). Chicken pox is a disease of individualized compulsory notification. We analyzed the annual incidence by age groups between 2006 and 2010. Hospital admittances with chicken pox or complicated chicken pox as the principal diagnosis were taken from the minimum basic data set on hospital discharges for the years 2006 to 2009. The incidence of chicken pox has fallen by 93.0%, from 8.04 cases per 1,000 inhabitants in 2006 to 0.56 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2010 (p
ISSN:1137-6627