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A second hypothesis for explaining the re-emergence of pertussis disease within highly vaccinated communities is vaccination-induced B. pertussis evolution, originally tendered in the literature by Mooi et.al [ 19].
A number of factors have been postulated for explaining this global resurgence of pertussis disease within highly vaccinated communities.
Our time-trends analysis also shows that vaccination may lower the density of pneumococcal carriage in wholly and partially vaccinated communities.
Due to waning herd immunity, epidemics in vaccinated communities are possible but become less likely through complementary interventions or data-driven revaccination strategies.
High coverage was shown to reduce disease transmission in the vaccinated communities.
This has important public health implications since transmission is likely to continue to pose risks of outbreaks in unvaccinated or incompletely vaccinated communities.
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In the most recent Cochrane Collaboration review of influenza vaccines for elderly adults, vaccinated community-dwelling elderly were found to be at reduced risk of pneumonia and influenza (P&I) hospitalizations during defined influenza seasons compared with unvaccinated individuals (VE = 27%; 95% CI, 21%33%%) [ 9].
But you were actually better off being unvaccinated living in a highly vaccinated community than being vaccinated and living in a highly unvaccinated community.
Obviously, you were in the best position if you were vaccinated and living in a highly vaccinated community; you were in the worst position if you were not vaccinated living in a relatively unvaccinated community.
Furthermore, vaccinating communities reduces the risk of disease outbreaks and their spread to neighboring communities.
In Kazinga, MSF assembled a team of 55 porters to carry all the equipment necessary to perform the mammoth task of vaccinating communities far removed from any kind of infrastructure.
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