Concerning Preventive Vaccination, Infectious Diseases and the Extent of Responsibility

Despite the huge and seamingly undisputable success of vaccinal prevention, a critical situation is developing today in the context of immunization-controlled infections control. Increasing antivaccination propahanda leads to a decrease in the collective immunity and the occurance of high-contagenou...

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Main Author: S. V. Ilina
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: Union of pediatricians of Russia 2016-08-01
Series:Педиатрическая фармакология
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Online Access:https://www.pedpharma.ru/jour/article/view/1428
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description Despite the huge and seamingly undisputable success of vaccinal prevention, a critical situation is developing today in the context of immunization-controlled infections control. Increasing antivaccination propahanda leads to a decrease in the collective immunity and the occurance of high-contagenous infectious diseases in various places of the world. It is a disturbing tendency — the usage of antivaccinal ideas for populist purposes. This article contains several examples of how such tactics lead to severe consequences for public health: pertussis and morbilli epidemia in Europe, poliomyelitis epidemia in African and Asian countries.
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Concerning Preventive Vaccination, Infectious Diseases and the Extent of Responsibility
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title Concerning Preventive Vaccination, Infectious Diseases and the Extent of Responsibility
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