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Go Big and Go Fast — Vaccine Refusal and Disease Eradication

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: Eradication efforts for vaccine-preventable diseases face many challenges, including vaccine refusal. Clusters of vaccine refusers develop in part because of changing attitudes toward vaccines, paradoxically fostered by successful control efforts.

Source: New England Journal of Medicine

DOI: 10.1056/nejmp1300765

Authors: Saad B. Omer, Walter A. Orenstein, Jeffrey P. Koplan

Institutions: Emory University, Emory Global Health Institute

Language: English

Topic: Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy

Subfield: Health

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2032111880

FWCI: 6.45

Cites: 3

Cited by: 62

Related to: 10