Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10963374 | Vaccine | 2015 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
From 2009 to 2011, the incidence of pertussis in Spain was 153.44 hospitalizations per 100,000 infants <1 year. The absolute risk reduction for hospitalization would be 42.1/100,000 with cocooning and 75.2/100,000 with VPW. The number of parents needed to vaccinate with the cocoon strategy to prevent 1 pertussis hospitalization would be 4752 and to prevent 1 death, more than 900,000. With VPW, 1331 pregnant women would have to be vaccinated to prevent 1 hospitalization and 200,000 to prevent 1 death. The benefit-to-cost ratio was 0.04 for cocooning and 0.15 for VPW.
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Authors
MarÃa Isabel Fernández-Cano, LluÃs Armadans Gil, Magda Campins MartÃ,