Publication: Willingness to be vaccinated against shigella and other forms of dysentery: A comparison of three regions in Asia
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2006-01-23
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0264410X
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Vaccine. Vol.24, No.4 (2006), 485-494
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Robert Pack, Yaping Wang, Amber Singh, Lorenz Von Seidlein, Al Pach, Linda Kaljee, Piyarat Butraporn, Gong Youlong, Lauren Blum, Zulfiqar Bhutta, Siti Sapardiyah Santoso, Dang Duc Trach, Imam Waluyo, Andrew Nyamete, John Clemens, Bonita Stanton Willingness to be vaccinated against shigella and other forms of dysentery: A comparison of three regions in Asia. Vaccine. Vol.24, No.4 (2006), 485-494. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2005.07.094 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/23096
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Willingness to be vaccinated against shigella and other forms of dysentery: A comparison of three regions in Asia
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West Virginia University School of Medicine Morgantown
International Vaccine Institute, Seoul
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Mahidol University
Fudan University
ICDDR, B Centre for Health and Population Research
The Aga Khan University
Badan Penelitian Dan Pengembangan Kesehatan, Kementerian Kesehatan Republik Indonesia
National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology Hanoi
Wayne State University
International Vaccine Institute, Seoul
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Mahidol University
Fudan University
ICDDR, B Centre for Health and Population Research
The Aga Khan University
Badan Penelitian Dan Pengembangan Kesehatan, Kementerian Kesehatan Republik Indonesia
National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology Hanoi
Wayne State University
Abstract
We conducted a cross sectional survey of 3163 women and men in six Asian countries to examine willingness for children and adults to be vaccinated against shigellosis and other forms of dysentery. The six sites were clustered into three regions for ease of comparison. The regions are: Northeast Asia (China), Southeast Asia (Thailand, Vietnam, and Indonesia) and South Asia (Bangladesh and Pakistan). We used multiple logistic regression to identify region-specific models for vaccination willingness for both adults and children. A vaccine to protect against dysentery, if available would be very much in demand throughout the three Asian regions for children. For adults, the responses indicate that vaccine uptake by adults will vary. A large proportion of respondents in all regions, specifically in China, do not perceive themselves at risk yet still consider a shigellosis vaccine desirable. © 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.