Ole Wichmann

TL;DR: The participants concluded that GRADE or a modification of this methodology is suitable for the grading of quality of evidence related to vaccine effectiveness and safety, and that international cooperation would be beneficial to develop common framework methodologies for certain aspects of national immunization recommendation developments.

TL;DR: Demographic dynamics will be a major determinant of HZ epidemiology in the next 50 years and stationary population models appropriate for assessing vaccination impact, models incorporating realistic population structures allow a direct comparison to surveillance data and can thus provide additional input for immunization decision-making and resource planning.

TL;DR: A cross-sectional study of the presence of antibodies against Rickettsia spp.

TL;DR: A study in Germany revealed a high burden of pertussis in infants with marked under-reporting, especially in western federal states where notification was only recently established.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the association between various factors and their attitudes towards a mandatory policy on Measles vaccination and found that physicians were more in favor of vaccine mandates when they scored higher on confidence and collective responsibility, and lower on complacency and calculation.