Parent "cocoon" immunization to prevent pertussis-related hospitalization in infants: The case of Piemonte in Italy

Vaccine

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1135-1137

  Meregaglia, Michela ^a   Ferrara, Lorenza ^a   Melegaro, Alessia ^b   Demicheli, Vittorio ^a  

^a ASL AL Regional Epidemiology Unit for Infectious Diseases   (Italy)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

CBA; Cocooning; NNV; Pertussisl

Indexed keywords

PERTUSSIS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT DISEASE; ITALY; PERTUSSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 84873085298     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.12.061     Document Type: Article

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