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VACCINE
Volume 19, Issue 17-19, Pages 2440-2445Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(00)00469-2
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vaccine; vaccine safety; anti-vaccine; adverse effect
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Vaccines and the ability to prevent morbidity and mortality due to infectious diseases have been one of the greatest public health success stories. On a global level, it is one of the few cost-effective medical measures that result in universal benefit. Despite this, there is evidence of a growing anti-vaccine movement. In turn, this has, in some cases, resulted in major disruptions in vaccine programs, with resultant needless morbidity and mortality. Of interest are the factors that seem to contribute to the current trend of anti-vaccine sentiment. This paper will examine the current anti-vaccine movement and provide current examples. Finally. a review of suggestions for dealing with the anti-vaccine movement will be presented. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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