Estimated number of reported vaccine-preventable disease cases averted following the introduction of routine vaccination programs in Sweden, 1910–2019
Leah J Martin, Ilias Galanis, Tiia Lepp, Ann Lindstrand · 2023
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Leah J Martin and three colleagues estimate how many Swedish disease cases routine vaccination has averted since nineteen ten, in a study from twenty twenty-three. Measles, whooping cough, mumps, and polio were the four diseases tracked. National case reports spanned about a century. Pre-vaccination incidence supplied the counterfactual baseline.
Over two million cases were reported across the surveillance periods. The authors estimate more than one and a half million were averted by vaccination. Measles and whooping cough account for most of the total. Mumps and polio contribute smaller shares. Underreporting, especially in early years, makes these figures underestimates. The study quantifies a century of vaccine benefit. It answers hesitancy with the diseases' own arithmetic.
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| CREATOR | Leah J Martin, Ilias Galanis, Tiia Lepp, Ann Lindstrand |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 24 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |