Abstract
As there is no effective treatment against hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS), the development of effective vaccine is important. An inactivated hantavirus vaccine (IHV) has been used in Korea, but there has been controversy regarding its effectiveness. We conducted a case-control study to evaluate the vaccine effectiveness (VE) of IHV against HFRS in the Korean military. Unadjusted and adjusted VEs of IHV were 59.1% and 58.9%, respectively. VE was higher in divisions with high incidence of HFRS (unadjusted VE, 71.4%; adjusted VE, 78.7%). Our study demonstrated the moderate effectiveness of IHV in high-risk populations residing in endemic area.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1417-1420 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Journal of Infectious Diseases |
| Volume | 217 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 May 1 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Financial support. This work was supported by a grant from the Agency for Defense Development, Republic of Korea (grant number 912543001).
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2018. Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved.
Keywords
- Hantavirus
- Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome
- Vaccine
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine(all)
