Vaccination in the prevention of infectious respiratory diseases in adults.

Description of the eviDence collection methoD: Active searches were made on the Pubmed/MEDLINE, Scielo/LILACS and Cochrane Library databases, using the following descriptive terms (MeSH terms): Vaccines, Vaccination, Immunization, Immunization Schedule*, Immunization Programs, Mass vaccination, Vaccines, Inactivated; Vaccines Attenuated, Vaccines,Synthetic; Antiviral Agents, Antibodies, Viral; Virus Shedding*, Disease Notification, Disease Outbreaks, Influenza Vaccines, Influenza A Virus, Influenza, Human/prevention & control, Bacterial Vaccines, Vaccines, Acellular; Antibodies, Bacterial; Diphtheria Vaccine, Pertussis Vaccine, Bordetella pertussis*, Diphtheria/prevention & control; Whooping Cough; Vaccines, Combined; DTPP vaccine, Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis Vaccine, Diphteria Tetanus acellular Pertussis Vaccines, Tetanus, Poliovirus Vaccine, Inactivated; BCG Vaccine,TuberculinTest, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/prevention & control, Tuberculosis,Tuberculosis,Pul monary; Pneumococcal Vaccines, Streptococcal Vaccines, Pneumococcal Infection/prevention & control, 23-valente pneumococcal capsular polysaccharide vaccine, heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, Splenectomy, Diabetes Mellitus, Diabetes Complications, Anemia, Sickle Cell, Hemoglobinopathies, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive; HIV Infections, HIV Seropositivity, AIDS, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea, cerebrospinal fluid leak (CSF), Smoking, Alcohol-Related Disorders, Alcoholism, complications, bacteremia, Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic, Immunosuppression, Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic, Immunizations Programs, Immunization, Secondary; Patient Participation, Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic; Risk, administration & dosage*; adverse effects*, mortality, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Injections, Intramuscular; Injections, Intradermal; administration, intranasal; utilization, prevention & control; Immunity, Maternally-Acquired; Pregnancy, Pregnancy Complications, Infectious. Level of recommentadion and strength of evidence: A: Experimental or observational studies with better consistency. B: Experimental or observational studies with lower consistency. C: Case reports (uncontrolled studies). D: Opinion without critical evaluation, based on consensus, physiological studies or animal models.