Reaserchers from the University of Pittsburgh and Johns Hopkins University, led by Dr. Willem G. van Panhuis, used Project Tycho data to estimate the number of prevented cases of seven diseases since the introduction of a vaccine. The seven diseases were polio, measles, rubella, mumps, hepatitis A, diphtheria, and pertussis.
Authors
Su Yon Jung
Nian Shong Chok
Heather Eng
Shawn Brown
Related Project Tycho Datasets
United States of America - Acute Nonparalytic Poliomyelitis
United States of America - Acute Paralytic Poliomyelitis
United States of America - Acute Poliomyelitis
United States of America - Measles
United States of America - Rubella
United States of America - Mumps
United States of America - Viral Hepatitis, Type A
United States of America - Acute Type A Viral Hepatitis
United States of America - Diphtheria
United States of America - Pertussis
Abstract
Using data from digitized weekly surveillance reports of notifiable diseases for U.S. cities and states for 1888 through 2011, the authors derived a quantitative history of disease reduction in the United States, focusing particularly on the effects of vaccination programs.
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