Preparedness for a smallpox outbreak: comparing metrics for assessing levels of vaccination among health-care workers by state

By mid-2005, less than 17% of smallpox vaccine doses distributed to American states for health-care workers (HCWs) during the CDC campaign had been used. To understand how states responded, vaccination patterns were studied. Metrics were calculated to compare the level of preparedness for a smallpox...

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Published in:Epidemiology and infection 2007-05, Vol.135 (4), p.622-633
Main Authors: BASS, S. B., RUZEK, S. B., GORDON, T. F., HANLON, A. L.
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Bioterrorism
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Microbiology
Population distributions
Population estimates
Public health
Recommendations
Smallpox
Smallpox - prevention & control
Smallpox Vaccine - administration & dosage
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Population estimates
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