Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Requiring Hospitalization

Abstract

Amish children had an increased risk of a VPD requiring hospitalization than non-Plain children. With the exception of those with pneumococcal disease, most vaccinated children hospitalized with a VPD were immunocompromised.

Pediatric Tetanus in Central Pennsylvania

“…Between 2005 and 2015, 22 pediatric cases of tetanus were reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [3]. Previous studies have suggested that Amish communities are not universally opposed to vaccination, but these groups often have a lower immunization rate than that in the general population [4]. We sought to describe the cases of pediatric tetanus at Penn State Children's Hospital (PSCH) in central Pennsylvania and to quantify the financial impact of hospital admission to treat tetanus on the affected families and the hospital.…”

Healthcare Policies for Stateless Populations in ASEAN Countries: A Scoping Review

“…Pratheepamornkull et al (2015) suggest that young and preterm (premature) infants with community acquired pneumonia (CAP) are at high risk for developing serious complications by virus infections at Chonburi Hospital in eastern Thailand. Williamson et al suggest that the risk of a vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs) requiring hospitalization is strongly correlated with lack of vaccination among ethnic minorities such as the Amish in Pennsylvania State (Williamson et al, 2017). This phenomenon is comparable with the stateless population in Thailand.…”

“…The study applied a retrospective study design (Kanchanomai et al, 2015) (Skull et al, 2008, Williamson et al, 2017.…”

“…In the Pacific region, over 75% of pneumonia deaths occurred in six countries, including Cambodia, China, Laos, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, and Vietnam (Nguyen et al, 2017). In Thailand, stateless children are particularly vulnerable with vaccine preventable diseases such as pneumonia due to lower coverage of immunization (Canavati et al, 2011, Kaji et al, 2016, Williamson et al, 2017.…”

Characterizing the impact of spatial clustering of susceptibility for measles elimination

“…In 2014, an outbreak in Ohio of 380 confirmed measles cases occurred in a large Amish community [17]. The spatial clustering of this population, where vaccination coverage may be as low as 8%, resulted in the largest measles outbreak in recent U.S. history, despite high measles vaccination coverage for Ohio overall (>92% among kindergarteners) [18].…”