The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access originally published online on July 8, 2009
The European Journal of Public Health 2009 19(5):454; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckp101
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Commentaries |
Too early to stop immigrant vaccination programmes
Mariska W. F. Petrignani1, Annelies Kroneman2, Rianne van Hunen3, Harry Vennema4 and Marion Koopmans5
1 Department of Infectious Disease Control, Public Health Service, Zoetermeer, The Netherlands
2 Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and Perinatal Screening, Centre for Infectious Disease Control, RIVM Bilthoven, The Netherlands
3 Department of Infectious Disease Control, Public Health Service, Zoetermeer, The Netherlands
4 Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and Perinatal Screening, Centre for Infectious Disease Control, RIVM Bilthoven, The Netherlands
5 Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and Perinatal Screening, Centre for Infectious Disease Control, RIVM Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Correspondence: Mariska W. F. Petrignani, MD, Public Health Service (GGD Zuid-Holland West) Postbus 6080, 2702 AB Zoetermeer, The Netherlands, tel: 00-31-(0)79-3435445, fax: 00-31-(0)79-3435597, e-mail: m.petrignani@ggdzhw.nl
Received March 17, 2009, accepted June 16, 2009
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In the article on the effect of hepatitis A vaccination programmes for migrant children on the incidence in the Netherlands,1 the authors conclude that the programmes have lost their effect in recent years, and that these programmes seem less