The effectiveness of measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccination in the prevention of pediatric hospitalizations for targeted and untargeted infections: A retrospective cohort study

• Main Authors: Giuseppe La Torre (Author), Rosella Saulle (Author), Brigid Unim (Author), Angela Meggiolaro (Author), Angelo Barbato (Author), Alice Mannocci (Author), Antonietta Spadea (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine in reducing hospitalizations for infectious disease, targeted and not targeted, as well as from respiratory diseases in children in Rome. Methods: The cohort was recomposed through record linkage of 2 archives (vacc...