作者: Kyla T Hayford , Mohammed S Shomik , Hassan M Al-Emran , William J Moss , David Bishai
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-1211
关键词: Vaccination 、 Biostatistics 、 Immunization 、 Measles virus 、 Medicine 、 Measles 、 Immunology 、 Cross-sectional study 、 Poliomyelitis 、 Measles vaccine 、 Environmental health
摘要: Background Recent outbreaks of measles and polio in low-income countries illustrate that conventional methods for estimating vaccination coverage do not adequately identify susceptible children. Immune markers protection against vaccine-preventable diseases oral fluid (OF) or blood may generate more accurate measures effective history, but questions remain about whether antibody surveys are feasible informative tools monitoring immunization program performance compared to indicators. This study compares six indicators status, including immune blood, from children rural Bangladesh evaluates the implications using each indicator estimate coverage.