Open AccessEffectiveness of Vaccination against Pneumococcal Infection in Uzbekistan: a Preliminary Assessmant and Prognosis
Author(s) -
Т. А. Даминов,
Л. Н. Туйчиев,
Н. У. Таджиева,
Н. Х. Отамуратова
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
detskie infekcii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2618-8139
pISSN - 2072-8107
DOI - 10.22627/2072-8107-2018-17-4-34-37
Subject(s) - vaccination , pneumococcal vaccination , medicine , immunization , pneumococcal disease , pneumococcal infections , pediatrics , vaccination schedule , immunology , streptococcus pneumoniae , antibody , biology , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology
The article is devoted to questions of vaccination against pneumococcal infection in Uzbekistan. Since November 2015, the vaccination against pneumococcal infection with conjugated pneumococcal vaccines of children 1 year of age at the age of 2, 3, 12 months was introduced to the National Schedule of Immunization program of Uzbekistan. The article presents preliminary results of vaccination effectiveness to reduce hospitalizations of patients with pneumococcal diseases.