Vaccination in newly arrived immigrants to the European Union

Highlights • Immigrants are a growing segment of the European population. • Immigrants frequently face barriers to local health and social services. • Risk of vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs) related to immigrants is moderate however not negligible. • Appropriate immunization strategies should be...

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Published inVaccine Vol. 36; no. 36; pp. 5385 - 5390
Main Authors Prymula, Roman, Shaw, Jana, Chlibek, Roman, Urbancikova, Ingrid, Prymulova, Karolina
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 28.08.2018
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Age
Allergy and Immunology
Chicken pox
Diphtheria
Disease
Disease control
Disease prevention
Disease transmission
Europe
Fever
Health care
Hepatitis
Immigrant
Immigrants
Immigration
Immunization
Influenza
Measles
Medical screening
Mumps
Noncitizens
Permeability
Pertussis
Poliomyelitis
Public health
Refugees
Rubella
Sanitation
Tetanus
Vaccine preventable diseases
Vaccines
Varicella
Whooping cough
Europe
Vaccine preventable diseases
Immunization
Immigrant
Europe
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Summary:Highlights • Immigrants are a growing segment of the European population. • Immigrants frequently face barriers to local health and social services. • Risk of vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs) related to immigrants is moderate however not negligible. • Appropriate immunization strategies should be developed to control spread of VPDs. • Harmonized immunization calendar is recommended.
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ISSN:0264-410X
1873-2518
DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.05.079