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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2022 Feb 28;28(5).
doi: 10.3201/eid2805.220166. Online ahead of print.
Disparities in First Dose COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage among Children 5-11 Years of Age, United States
Neil Chandra Murthy, Elizabeth Zell, Hannah E Fast, Bhavini Patel Murthy, Lu Meng, Ryan Saelee, Tara Vogt, Kevin Chatham-Stephens, Christina Ottis, Lauren Shaw, Lynn Gibbs-Scharf, LaTreace Harris, Terence Chorba
Abstract
We analyzed first-dose coronavirus disease vaccination coverage among US children 5-11 years of age during November-December 2021. Pediatric vaccination coverage varied widely by jurisdiction, age group, and race/ethnicity, and lagged behind vaccination coverage for adolescents aged 12-15 years during the first 2 months of vaccine rollout.
Keywords: BNT162 vaccine; COVID-19; SARS; SARS-CoV-2; United States; coronavirus; coronavirus disease; disparities; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; vaccination coverages; vaccines; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2022 Feb 28;28(5).
doi: 10.3201/eid2805.220166. Online ahead of print.
Disparities in First Dose COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage among Children 5-11 Years of Age, United States
Neil Chandra Murthy, Elizabeth Zell, Hannah E Fast, Bhavini Patel Murthy, Lu Meng, Ryan Saelee, Tara Vogt, Kevin Chatham-Stephens, Christina Ottis, Lauren Shaw, Lynn Gibbs-Scharf, LaTreace Harris, Terence Chorba
- PMID: 35226801
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2805.220166
Abstract
We analyzed first-dose coronavirus disease vaccination coverage among US children 5-11 years of age during November-December 2021. Pediatric vaccination coverage varied widely by jurisdiction, age group, and race/ethnicity, and lagged behind vaccination coverage for adolescents aged 12-15 years during the first 2 months of vaccine rollout.
Keywords: BNT162 vaccine; COVID-19; SARS; SARS-CoV-2; United States; coronavirus; coronavirus disease; disparities; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; vaccination coverages; vaccines; viruses; zoonoses.