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SUBMITTER: Vynnycky E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6422479 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vynnycky Emilia E Papadopoulos Timoleon T Angelis Konstantinos K
Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics 20181025 2
Since 2011, GAVI, The Vaccine Alliance, has funded eligible countries to introduce rubella-containing vaccination (RCV) into their national schedule. Two key indicators used to monitor the impact - the future deaths and DALYs (Disability Adjusted Life Years) averted through vaccination conducted in specific periods - are poorly understood for rubella and Congenital Rubella Syndrome (CRS). We calculate these indicators using an age-structured dynamic transmission model for rubella, with historica ...[more]