Zimmerman R K, Clover R D
Department of Family Medicine, University of Pittsburgh (Pa.) School of Medicine.
Am Fam Physician. 1995 Mar;51(4):859-67.
Vaccine-preventable diseases cause needless sickness and death in adult Americans. Most adults 65 years of age or older have not been immunized against influenza or pneumococcal disease. In addition to an age of 65 years or older, indications for influenza and pneumococcal vaccines include chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, hemodynamically significant cardiac disease and infection with the human immunodeficiency virus. Many adults in the United States also are not sufficiently protected against tetanus, diphtheria, measles, mumps and rubella.
疫苗可预防疾病在美国成年人中导致了不必要的疾病和死亡。大多数65岁及以上的成年人尚未接种流感或肺炎球菌疾病疫苗。除了65岁及以上的年龄外，流感和肺炎球菌疫苗的接种指征还包括慢性阻塞性肺疾病、有血流动力学意义的心脏病以及感染人类免疫缺陷病毒。美国许多成年人对白喉、破伤风、麻疹、腮腺炎和风疹也没有得到充分的防护。
