Impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on the administration of vaccines as per the national immunization schedule in children younger than 2 years

Sociedad Argentina de Pediatría..

INTRODUCTION: The reduction in the number of visits to health care centers since the onset of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic may affect mandatory vaccination.

OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on the administration of the pentavalent and the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccines to children younger than 2 years at the vaccination center of a children's hospital in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.

METHOD: Cross-sectional study using the vaccination center's digital records from January to May 2019 and 2020. Results. In the second fortnight of March 2020, vaccinations dropped by 64.2 %. When examining the first dose of the pentavalent and MMR vaccines, such reduction was 74.9 % and 55.1 %, respectively.

CONCLUSION: As of the second fortnight of March 2020, vaccinations dropped by 64.2 % compared to the same period of the previous year.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:119

Enthalten in:

Archivos argentinos de pediatria - 119(2021), 3 vom: 18. Juni, Seite 198-201

Sprache:

Englisch

Weiterer Titel:

Impacto de la pandemia por SARS-CoV-2 en la administración de vacunas del Calendario Nacional de Inmunizaciones en menores de 2 años

Beteiligte Personen:

Torres, Fernando [VerfasserIn]
Domínguez, Paula [VerfasserIn]
Aruanno, M Eugenia [VerfasserIn]
Macherett, M Julia [VerfasserIn]
Nocent, Eliana S [VerfasserIn]
Risoli, Lucía [VerfasserIn]
Sasso, Magdalena [VerfasserIn]
Cabello, Carmen [VerfasserIn]
Seoane, María N [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Coronavirus infections
Epidemiology
Journal Article
Pandemics
Primary prevention
Vaccines
Vaccines, Combined

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 07.06.2021

Date Revised 07.06.2021

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.5546/aap.2021.eng.198

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM325824681