Background Several concepts are available to explain vaccine decision making by
individual and inter-individual factors, including risk perception, social conformism and …

As a scientist with epidemiologic training, it has long been clear to me that the benefits of
vaccines outweigh the risks, both on the individual and on the societal level. Both of my …

Vaccination programs generate direct protection, herd protection and, occasionally, side
effects, distributed over different age groups. This study elicits the general public's view on …

Objectives To describe all published articles that have conducted comparisons of model-
based effectiveness and cost-effectiveness results in the field of vaccination. Specific …

Highlights•System-wide approaches are now applied to study vaccine response in healthy
adults.•Vaccine response involves multiple arms of immunity and can be predicted.•Robust …

Oral vaccines which are intended for global use do not necessarily induce the same immune
responses in all children worldwide. In fact, several vaccines often induce less frequent and …

Background Epidemic influenza causes serious mortality and morbidity in temperate
countries each winter. Research suggests that schoolchildren are critical in the spread of …

It is essential for public health to understand what drives people's hesitance towards
vaccination. Theoretical models of vaccination decisions are ubiquitous, often incorporating …

Background The number needed to vaccinate (NNV) is a measure that has been widely
used in the scientific literature to draw conclusions about the usefulness and cost …

A bstract Behavioral science offers several ideas about what it takes to get people to
vaccinate. Colleagues and I previously reviewed the evidence for these propositions and put …