Anna Deal, Rae Halliday, Alison F Crawshaw, Sally E Hayward, Amelia Burnard, Kieran Rustage, Jessica Carter, Anushka Mehrotra, Felicity Knights, Ines Campos-Matos, Azeem Majeed, Jon S Friedland, Michael Edelstein, Sandra Mounier-Jack, Sally Hargreaves
Migrant populations are one of several underimmunised groups in the EU or European Economic Area (EU/EEA), yet little is known about their involvement in outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases. This information is vital to develop targeted strategies to improve the health of diverse migrant communities. We did a systematic review (PROSPERO CRD42019157473; Jan 1, 2000, to May 22, 2020) adhering to PRISMA guidelines, to identify studies on vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks (measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, pertussis, polio, hepatitis A, varicella, Neisseria meningitidis, and Haemophilus influenzae) involving migrants residing in the EU/EEA and Switzerland...
December 2021: Lancet Infectious Diseases