کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
3323653 1211905 2007 17 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Immunizations in Older Adults
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی طب سالمندان و علم پیری شناسی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Immunizations in Older Adults
چکیده انگلیسی

Older adults disproportionately sustain morbidity and mortality due to vaccine-preventable illnesses. Despite this observation, adult immunization rates continue to lag behind national goals. Reduced vaccine efficacy in older adults leading to apathy regarding the need for vaccine administration, unrealistic expectations for disease prevention rather than reduced illness severity, and system issues that make vaccine administration and tracking difficult all contribute to this problem. In this review, the biologic and system-based causes for vaccine failure in aged adults are reviewed, issues of efficacy and cost-effectiveness in older adults are summarized for influenza and pneumococcal vaccine, and ways to improve vaccine effectiveness in older adults, now and in the future, are outlined.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Clinics in Geriatric Medicine - Volume 23, Issue 3, August 2007, Pages 669–685
نویسندگان
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