| Literature DB >> 29871721 |
Fortunato D'Ancona1, Claudio D'Amario2, Francesco Maraglino2, Giovanni Rezza1, Walter Ricciardi1, Stefania Iannazzo2.
Abstract
In June 2017, a decree-law to increase the number of mandatory vaccinations from 4 to 10 for minors up to 16-years-old was issued in Italy. The vaccination coverage for 2017 showed a positive impact for all the vaccines, particularly for the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine at 91.6% for the year 2017, showing a 4.4% increase compared with 2016 (87.2%). Continued monitoring is needed to evaluate the medium to long-term effects of the law.Entities:
Keywords: Vaccines and immunisation; mandatory vaccination; measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine; vaccination coverage
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Year: 2018 PMID: 29871721 PMCID: PMC6152175 DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.22.1800238
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Euro Surveill ISSN: 1025-496X