Open AccessVaccine usage and wastage in a designated Yellow Fever Vaccination Centre in North India
Author(s) -
Sabira Aalia Dkhar,
Ruqia Quansar,
Inaamul Haq,
Shaziya Khan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical and experimental vaccine research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 2287-366X
pISSN - 2287-3651
DOI - 10.7774/cevr.2021.10.3.240
Subject(s) - medicine , yellow fever , vaccination , yellow fever vaccine , immunization , typhoid fever , pediatrics , veterinary medicine , environmental health , virology , immunology , virus , antibody
Yellow fever is a viral hemorrhagic fever transmitted through the bite of mosquitoes. World Health Organization guidelines advocate a single dose of vaccine for life-long protective immunity against yellow fever. Yellow fever vaccine is included in routine childhood immunization schedules in countries at medium or high risk of yellow fever. For some travelers, visiting endemic countries, yellow fever vaccination is recommended to protect the travelers. We calculated the yellow fever vaccine wastage rate at a designated center in North India.