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Effectiveness and impact of hepatitis B virus vaccination of children with at least one parent born in a hepatitis B virus endemic country: an early assessment
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Journal Article
Effectiveness and impact of hepatitis B virus vaccination of children with at least one parent born in a hepatitis B virus endemic country: an early assessment
2010
Overview
ObjectiveTo determine the effectiveness and impact of the Dutch childhood hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccination policy targeted at children with at least one parent born in a HBV endemic country.MethodsThe Dutch vaccination registration database was used to determine vaccine coverage for HBV and DTP-IPV-Hib in the target population. HBV notifications were used to estimate the impact. The HBV incidence was determined in children aged 0–4 years and born after (2003–7) and before (1990–2002) the introduction of the HBV vaccination programme.ResultsHBV vaccine coverage in the target population was 89.6% (96 186/107 338) in the period 2003–5. There were 37 notified acute infections in the pre-vaccination birth cohort 1990–2002 (incidence 2.9/106 person-years), compared with one in the post-vaccination birth cohort 2003–7 (incidence 0.3/106 person-years). The incidence rate ratio for the 2003–7 birth cohort compared with the 1990-2002 birth cohort was 0.12 (95% CI 0.02 to 0.87; p=0.04).ConclusionsThis paper shows that the incidence of HBV notifications in children born after the introduction of targeted childhood HBV vaccinations is lower compared with the incidence in children born before the start of this vaccination programme. Although this is consistent with a good HBV vaccine coverage, the interpretation is hampered by a change in case definition for notification in 1999. The results are of importance to policy makers in both The Netherlands and other countries that have a targeted HBV vaccination programme.
Publisher
BMJ Publishing Group Ltd,BMJ Publishing Group,BMJ Publishing Group LTD
Subject
/ Biological and medical sciences
/ Children
/ Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis Vaccine - administration & dosage
/ Disease Notification - statistics & numerical data
/ Haemophilus Vaccines - administration & dosage
/ Hepatitis B - prevention & control
/ Hepatitis B Vaccines - administration & dosage
/ Hepatitis B Vaccines - immunology
/ Humans
/ Infant
/ Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
/ Parents
/ Poliovirus Vaccine, Inactivated - administration & dosage
/ Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
/ Vaccines
