<i>Notes from the Field:</i> Measles Outbreaks from Imported Cases in Orthodox Jewish Communities — New York and New Jersey, 2018–2019

McDonald, Robert; Ruppert, Patricia Schnabel; Souto, Maria Júlia Silveira; Johns, Dylan; McKay, Kevin; Bessette, Noelle; McNulty, Lissette; Crawford, Jennifer; Bryant, Patrick; Mosquera, Maria Cecilia; Frontin, Sonya; Deluna‐Evans, Tatiana; Regenye, Daniel E.; Zaremski, Elizabeth F.; Landis, Vanessa; Sullivan, Bonnie; Rumpf, Brian E.; Doherty, Judi; Sen, Kathryn; Adler, Eric; DiFedele, Lisa; Ostrowski, Stephanie; Compton, Christine; Rausch‐Phung, Elizabeth; Gelman, Irina; Montana, Barbara; Blog, Debra; Hutton, Bradley J.; Zucker, Howard A.

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“…The serious outbreaks of measles in the USA and other parts of the world were a strong alarming signal to researchers and health policymakers about vaccine hesitancy [ 42 , 43 ]. For example, during 2019, New York State witnessed an outbreak of over 200 confirmed measles cases attributed to low vaccination rates among certain religious groups [ 44 ]. A second potential reason for this upsurge in research on vaccine hesitancy was the huge volume of fake information about vaccines on social media [ 45 ] which encouraged several researchers to respond and demonstrate support for vaccines and vaccination [ 46 ].…”

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Bibliometric analysis of global scientific literature on vaccine hesitancy in peer-reviewed journals (1990–2019)

Sweileh

2020

BMC Public Health

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Background Vaccine hesitancy is a growing threat to national and global health security. The current study was undertaken to provide insights into the global scientific literature on vaccine hesitancy in peer-reviewed journals. Method The current study was a descriptive bibliometric study. A validated search strategy on vaccine hesitancy was implemented using SciVerse Scopus. Bibliometric indicators such as (1) annual growth of publications, (2) key players, (3) research themes, (4) pathogens/diseases encountered, (5) top-cited documents, and (6) annual growth of publications stratified by world region and by age category were presented. The study period was from 1990 to 2019. Results Search strategy found 2791 documents. The h -index of the retrieved literature was 89. The leading journal was Vaccine (369; 13.2%%) followed by Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics (129; 4.6%). Authors from the USA led with 1125 (40.3%) followed by authors from Italy (234; 8.4%) and the UK (204; 7.3%). The US CDC led with 140 (5.0%) documents followed by Emory University (USA) (81, 2.9%). The list of active authors included six from the USA while the remaining were from France, Australia, and Canada. Research themes in the retrieved literature focused on influenza, human papillomavirus, and the role of parents in immunization of their children. The region of the Americas and the European region had the greatest share of publications and showed steep growth of publications lately. Vaccine hesitancy research on adolescents was most noticed after 2007 while that on children was present all the time but escalated lately. Titles/abstracts analysis indicated that 621(22.3%) documents focused on influenza, 392 (14.0%) focused on Human papillomavirus, and 292 (10.5%) focused on measles. The top-cited documents in literature published after 2015 focused on the definition and strategies to overcome vaccine hesitancy. Conclusion The last decade witnessed a noticeable increase in the number of publications. Influenza vaccine and parental concerns about the human papillomavirus vaccine were the main focus of the retrieved literature. Information on vaccine hesitancy needs to be collected from all countries to build a better coalition against the anti-vaccination groups. Re-building trust in vaccines requires targeting parents by providing adequate information on the vaccines.

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Bibliometric analysis of global scientific literature on vaccine hesitancy in peer-reviewed journals (1990–2019)

Sweileh

2020

BMC Public Health

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“…Vaccine hesitancy (VH) has contributed to large outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases in several countries, including the United States. [1][2][3][4] Although there is a lack of consensus on the definition of VH, it can be defined as the mental state of holding back in doubt or indecision regarding vaccination. 5,6 VH may or may not lead a person to refuse or delay vaccinations for themselves or their children.…”

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Parental Vaccine Hesitancy and Childhood Influenza Vaccination

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OBJECTIVES: To quantify the prevalence of parental vaccine hesitancy (VH) in the United States and examine the association of VH with sociodemographics and childhood influenza vaccination coverage. METHODS: A 6-question VH module was included in the 2018 and 2019 National Immunization Survey-Flu, a telephone survey of households with children age 6 months to 17 years. RESULTS: The percentage of children having a parent reporting they were “hesitant about childhood shots” was 25.8% in 2018 and 19.5% in 2019. The prevalence of concern about the number of vaccines a child gets at one time impacting the decision to get their child vaccinated was 22.8% in 2018 and 19.1% in 2019; the prevalence of concern about serious, long-term side effects impacting the parent’s decision to get their child vaccinated was 27.3% in 2018 and 21.7% in 2019. Only small differences in VH by sociodemographic variables were found, except for an 11.9 percentage point higher prevalence of “hesitant about childhood shots” and 9.9 percentage point higher prevalence of concerns about serious, long-term side effects among parents of Black compared with white children. In both seasons studied, children of parents reporting they were “hesitant about childhood shots” had 26 percentage points lower influenza vaccination coverage compared with children of parents not reporting hesitancy. CONCLUSIONS: One in 5 children in the United States have a parent who is vaccine hesitant, and hesitancy is negatively associated with childhood influenza vaccination. Monitoring VH could help inform immunization programs as they develop and target methods to increase vaccine confidence and vaccination coverage.

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“…39 Among the 17 outbreaks, 3 were seen in the states of New York and New Jersey; these were associated with unvaccinated travelers returning from Israel, which is experiencing an ongoing outbreak. 40 This is the largest number of imported cases since 2000 when measles was at its lowest rate in the United States. 13…”

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Measles Outbreak in Unvaccinated and Partially Vaccinated Children and Adults in the United States and Canada (2018-2019): A Narrative Review of Cases

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Marinkovic³

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Since 2018 and currently in 2019, the United States and Canada experienced a rapidly spreading measles virus outbreak. The developing outbreak may be due to a lack of vaccination, an inadequate dosage of measles (MMR) vaccine, clusters of intentionally under-vaccinated children, imported measles from global travel, and from those who are immunocompromised or have other life-threatening diseases. The infection originated mainly from travelers who acquired measles abroad and has thus led to a major outbreak and health concern not only in the United States and Canada but also in other parts of the world. According to World Health Organization, from January 2019 through September 2019, 1234 cases of measles have been reported in the United States and 91 reported cases in Canada, while in 2018, 372 and 28 cases were reported in the United States and Canada, respectively. A potential driving factor to the increased cases maybe because fewer children have been vaccinated over the last number of years in both countries. This article is a narrative review of cases discussing the measles outbreak among partially vaccinated and unvaccinated children and adults in the United States and Canada in 2018 and 2019.

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Notes from the Field: Measles Outbreaks from Imported Cases in Orthodox Jewish Communities — New York and New Jersey, 2018–2019

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Bibliometric analysis of global scientific literature on vaccine hesitancy in peer-reviewed journals (1990–2019)

Bibliometric analysis of global scientific literature on vaccine hesitancy in peer-reviewed journals (1990–2019)

Parental Vaccine Hesitancy and Childhood Influenza Vaccination

Measles Outbreak in Unvaccinated and Partially Vaccinated Children and Adults in the United States and Canada (2018-2019): A Narrative Review of Cases

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