Section edited by Susanna Esposito
This section aims to publish studies looking at the development and application of vaccines, including efficacy, safety, population coverage and barriers to vaccination.
Research article
Infections caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae (Spn) still challenge health systems around the world, even with advances in vaccination programs. The present study evaluated the frequency of various Spn serotypes ...
BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:590
Published on: 25 August 2017
Research article
We conducted an ancillary study among individuals who had participated in a cluster-randomized PCV-7 trial in rural Gambia (some clusters were wholly-vaccinated while in others only young children had been vac...
BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:588
Published on: 25 August 2017
Research article
Rotavirus was the leading cause of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) in infants and young children prior to the introduction of routine vaccination. Since 2006 there have been two licensed vaccines available; with s...
BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:569
Published on: 15 August 2017
Research article
Shortly after the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine recommendation and hence the reimbursement of vaccination costs for the respective age groups in Germany in 2007, changes in the incidence of anogenital war...
BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:564
Published on: 14 August 2017
Research article
A two-dose preoperative vaccination schedule against HBV has been the widely accepted policy in Poland. However, its effectiveness has not yet been assessed.
BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:515
Published on: 25 July 2017
Research article
China has a high prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) and a consequently high burden of disease with respect to cervical cancer. The HPV vaccine has proved to be effective in preventing cervical cancer and...
BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:502
Published on: 18 July 2017
Research article
Although live-attenuated varicella-zoster virus (VZV) vaccines have been proven to be safe and effective in preventing varicella and real-word evidence shows routine childhood immunization programs are effecti...
BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:495
Published on: 14 July 2017
Case report
We report a case of septic shock syndrome caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae in a patient who had undergone splenectomy due to an autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS), which is characterized as a dysfun...
BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:442
Published on: 22 June 2017
Research article
Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) is an obligate intracellular protozoan parasite that infects all warm-blooded animals including humans and causes toxoplasmosis. An effective vaccine coul...
BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:403
Published on: 7 June 2017
Research article
After vaccination, vaccinees acquire some protection against infection and/or disease. Vaccination, therefore, reduces the number of infections in the population. Due to this herd protection, not everybody nee...
BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:308
Published on: 26 April 2017
Research article
To reduce the burden of severe influenza, most industrialized countries target specific risk-groups with influenza vaccines, e.g. the elderly or individuals with comorbidities. Since children are the main spre...
BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:258
Published on: 11 April 2017
Research article
Rotavirus vaccines are available in Spain from 2007. They are recommended by the Spanish Pediatric Association, but not funded by the National Health System (NHS) and its coverage rate reached 40-50%. The hosp...
BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:267
Published on: 11 April 2017
Study protocol
Current influenza vaccines, based on antibodies against surface antigens, are unable to provide protection against newly emerging virus strains which differ from the vaccine strains. Therefore the population h...
BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:241
Published on: 4 April 2017
Research article
Tetanus-reduced dose diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccination during adolescence was introduced in response to the resurgence of pertussis in various countries. A new Tdap vaccine was manufactured in ...
BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:247
Published on: 4 April 2017
Research article
Vaccination against seasonal influenza strains is recommended for “high risk” patient groups such as infants, elderly and those with respiratory or circulatory diseases. However, efficacy of the trivalent infl...
BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:232
Published on: 27 March 2017
Research article
To support the evaluation of the 2010-15 National Plan for Measles and Congenital Rubella Elimination, the authors designed and performed a serosurveillance survey to verify the immunity/susceptibility rate ag...
BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:199
Published on: 7 March 2017
The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:630
Research article
The aims of this cross-sectional survey were to examine the knowledge, the attitudes, and the behavior regarding the varicella infection and its vaccination and to get insight into their determinants among par...
BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:172
Published on: 27 February 2017
Research article
Fasciolosis remains a significant food-borne trematode disease causing high morbidity around the world and affecting grazing animals and humans. A deeper understanding concerning the molecular mechanisms by wh...
BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:94
Published on: 23 January 2017
Research article
Mumps emerged among highly vaccinated populations in the Netherlands. This offered a unique opportunity to study mumps virus transmission. In particular the extent to which asymptomatic infections in vaccinate...
BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:56
Published on: 10 January 2017
Research article
The aims of this study were to assess the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors towards seasonal influenza and its vaccination among pregnant women.
BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:48
Published on: 9 January 2017
