Adult Immunization Policy in Korea

Although adult immunization is different from children’s, vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs) for adults are significant in that they are more severe and cause more deaths than VPDs for children. Additionally, the emergence of new vaccines and an increase in the elderly population are increasing dem...

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Autor principal: Choi, Won Suk
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Infectious Diseases; Korean Society for Antimicrobial Therapy; The Korean Society for AIDS 2023
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10551718/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37794577
http://dx.doi.org/10.3947/ic.2023.0089
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spelling pubmed-105517182023-10-06 Adult Immunization Policy in Korea Choi, Won Suk Infect Chemother Review Article Although adult immunization is different from children’s, vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs) for adults are significant in that they are more severe and cause more deaths than VPDs for children. Additionally, the emergence of new vaccines and an increase in the elderly population are increasing demands for policy support for adult vaccination. Accordingly, in this paper, I will look at the characteristics of adult immunization, policies that have been implemented in Korea, and considerations. The Korean Society of Infectious Diseases; Korean Society for Antimicrobial Therapy; The Korean Society for AIDS 2023-09 2023-09-19 /pmc/articles/PMC10551718/ /pubmed/37794577 http://dx.doi.org/10.3947/ic.2023.0089 Text en Copyright © 2023 by The Korean Society of Infectious Diseases, Korean Society for Antimicrobial Therapy, and The Korean Society for AIDS https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10551718/
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