Concerning Preventive Vaccination, Infectious Diseases and the Extent of Responsibility
https://doi.org/10.15690/pf.v13i3.1579
Abstract
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.
About the Author
S. V. Ilina
Irkutsk State Medical University, Irkutsk, Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Ilina S.V. Concerning Preventive Vaccination, Infectious Diseases and the Extent of Responsibility. Pediatric pharmacology. 2016;13(3):285-288. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.15690/pf.v13i3.1579
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