in children. although its burden is considerably preventable by vaccine, routine vaccination against hib has not been defined in the national immunization program of iran. this study was performed to assess the cost-benefit and cost‑utility of running an hib vaccination program in iran. methods: based on a previous systematic review and meta‑analysis for vaccine efficacy, we estimated the avert...

background mumps, measles and rubella viruses lead to various kinds of complica- tions such as meningoencephalitis, deafness, congenital abnormalities and even cause mortality in malnourished patients,. since 2004, mmr vaccination in two series of one year of age and four to six years has been administered to iranian children as a part of routine vaccination program. recently, mmr vaccination s...

conclusions the present study showed that g-csf is not superior to placebo in production of protective antibody titers after hbv vaccination but could result in a more rapid antibody response, compared to the placebo. results there was no statistically significant difference between anti-hbv antibody titers in patients receiving double dose hbv vaccination plus g-csf and patients receiving doub...

background: most studies evaluated the vaccine coverage, but the time of vaccination is important as coverage. this study was conducted to evaluate the expanded program of immunization (epi) in outskirt of iranian cities regarding to incidence of delay vaccination among children less than 4 years. methods : this cross sectional descriptive study was conducted among children 24-47 months old, li...

results the results of this study indicated that the overall hepatitis b vaccine acceptance rate was acceptably high. among all, 53.5% correctly identified that a vaccine to prevent hepatitis b virus infection had been available, 15% had a negative opinion, and 31.5% were neutral. the rations of all three doses of vaccination were 69.3%. conclusions among the respondents, 87% were currently mar...