• MeSH
• Drug Resistance, Microbial MeSH
• Child MeSH
• Health Services Accessibility MeSH
• Humans MeSH
• Whooping Cough epidemiology   drug therapy   prevention & control   MeSH
• Pertussis Vaccine * supply & distribution   MeSH
• Immunization, Secondary statistics & numerical data   MeSH
• Aged MeSH
• Diphtheria-Tetanus-acellular Pertussis Vaccines supply & distribution   MeSH
• Health Facilities supply & distribution   MeSH
• Check Tag
• Child MeSH
• Humans MeSH
• Aged MeSH
• Publication type
• Newspaper Article MeSH

• Keywords
• séroprotekce,
• MeSH
• Hepatitis B Surface Antigens immunology   MeSH
• Hepatitis B Antibodies immunology   MeSH
• Hepatitis B * diagnosis   immunology   prevention & control   transmission   MeSH
• Humans MeSH
• Young Adult MeSH
• Immunization Programs * MeSH
• Immunization, Secondary statistics & numerical data   MeSH
• Serologic Tests MeSH
• Students, Medical MeSH
• Vaccines, Synthetic administration & dosage   MeSH
• Vaccination * history   trends   legislation & jurisprudence   MeSH
• Viral Hepatitis Vaccines administration & dosage   MeSH
• Check Tag
• Humans MeSH
• Young Adult MeSH
• Male MeSH
• Female MeSH
• Publication type
• Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
• Geographicals
• Czech Republic MeSH

Mass immunization against measles in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (CSSR) began in 1969 and utilized the Czechoslovak vaccine, which corresponds in its parameters to the further-attenuated measles vaccines. The immunization rate for relevant age groups of the population (i.e., children born in 1968-1980) is already 98%-99% in 1982. Measles morbidity decreased to less than 2% of the incidence before the introduction of immunization, and the mortality now is practically negligible. The decade 1972-1982 produced significant changes in epidemiologic characteristics of measles. Of importance is the gradual shift in the age distribution of affected children to older, nonimmunized age groups. Results of yearly immunologic surveys of a broad, randomly selected population sample have become the decisive criteria for evaluation of vaccine efficacy. The program of revaccination of all children was chosen as the optimal strategy for maintaining measles elimination. This program aims at ensuring a level of herd immunity in the whole population of greater than or equal to 95%.

• MeSH
• Child MeSH
• Infant MeSH
• Humans MeSH
• Adolescent MeSH
• Infant, Newborn MeSH
• Child, Preschool MeSH
• Seasons MeSH
• Immunization, Secondary statistics & numerical data   MeSH
• Measles epidemiology   prevention & control   MeSH
• Vaccination * statistics & numerical data   MeSH
• Check Tag
• Child MeSH
• Infant MeSH
• Humans MeSH
• Adolescent MeSH
• Infant, Newborn MeSH
• Child, Preschool MeSH
• Publication type
• Journal Article MeSH
• Comparative Study MeSH
• Geographicals
• Czechoslovakia MeSH