Vaccination coverage and preventable diseases in Peru: Reflections on the first diphtheria case in two decades during the midst of COVID-19 pandemic.

Mezones-Holguin, Edward; Al-Kassab-Córdova, Ali; Maguiña, Jorge L; Rodriguez-Morales, Alfonso J

Mezones-Holguin, Edward; Al-Kassab-Córdova, Ali; Maguiña, Jorge L; Rodriguez-Morales, Alfonso J.

Mezones-Holguin E; Centro de Excelencia en Investigaciones Económicas y Sociales en Salud, Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, Lima, Peru. Electronic address: emezones@usil.edu.pe.
Al-Kassab-Córdova A; School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Lima, Peru; Sociedad Científica de Estudiantes de Medicina de la Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (SOCIEMUPC), Lima, Peru.
Maguiña JL; School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Peru.
Rodriguez-Morales AJ; School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Peru; Public Health and Infection Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia; Grupo de Investigación Biomedicina, Faculty of Medicine, Fundacion Uni

Travel Med Infect Dis ; 40: 101956, 2021.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-978449

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COVID-19/prevention & control; Diphtheria/prevention & control; Vaccination Coverage/statistics & numerical data; Vaccine-Preventable Diseases/prevention & control; COVID-19/epidemiology; Delivery of Health Care; Humans; Pandemics/prevention & control; Peru/epidemiology; SARS-CoV-2/isolation & purification; Vaccination Coverage/trends; Vaccine-Preventable Diseases/epidemiology

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COVID-19; Diphtheria; Latin America; Peru; Preventable diseases; Vaccination

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Diphtheria / Vaccination Coverage / Vaccine-Preventable Diseases / COVID-19 Type of study: Observational study / Prognostic study Topics: Vaccines Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: South America / Peru Language: English Journal: Travel Med Infect Dis Journal subject: Communicable Diseases Year: 2021 Document Type: Article

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