European Pediatric Societies Call for an Implementation of Regular Vaccination Programs to Contrast the Immunity Debt Associated to Coronavirus Disease-2019 Pandemic in Children

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.11.061

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. 2022 Mar:242:260-261.e3.

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.11.061. Epub 2021 Nov 27.

European Pediatric Societies Call for an Implementation of Regular Vaccination Programs to Contrast the Immunity Debt Associated to Coronavirus Disease-2019 Pandemic in Children

Robert Cohen¹, Massimo Pettoello-Mantovani², Eli Somekh³, Corinne Levy¹

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¹ Pediatric Infectious Disease Group (GPIP), Créteil, France; Association Clinique et thérapeutique Infantile du Val de Marne, Créteil, France; Paris Est University, IMRB-GRC GEMINI, Créteil, France.
² Department of Pediatrics, Scientific Institute "Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza", University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy; European Pediatric Association, Union of National European Pediatric Societies and Associations, Berlin, Germany. Electronic address: mpm@unifg.it.
³ European Pediatric Association, Union of National European Pediatric Societies and Associations, Berlin, Germany; Department of Pediatrics, Mayanei Hayeshuah Medical Center, Bnei Brak, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Israel Pediatric Society, Tel Aviv, Israel.

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PMCID: PMC8626874
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.11.061

Editorial

European Pediatric Societies Call for an Implementation of Regular Vaccination Programs to Contrast the Immunity Debt Associated to Coronavirus Disease-2019 Pandemic in Children

Robert Cohen et al. J Pediatr. 2022 Mar.

. 2022 Mar:242:260-261.e3.

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.11.061. Epub 2021 Nov 27.

Authors

Robert Cohen¹, Massimo Pettoello-Mantovani², Eli Somekh³, Corinne Levy¹

Affiliations

¹ Pediatric Infectious Disease Group (GPIP), Créteil, France; Association Clinique et thérapeutique Infantile du Val de Marne, Créteil, France; Paris Est University, IMRB-GRC GEMINI, Créteil, France.
² Department of Pediatrics, Scientific Institute "Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza", University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy; European Pediatric Association, Union of National European Pediatric Societies and Associations, Berlin, Germany. Electronic address: mpm@unifg.it.
³ European Pediatric Association, Union of National European Pediatric Societies and Associations, Berlin, Germany; Department of Pediatrics, Mayanei Hayeshuah Medical Center, Bnei Brak, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Israel Pediatric Society, Tel Aviv, Israel.

PMID: 34848191
PMCID: PMC8626874
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.11.061

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Immunity debt in children following the adoption of COVID-19 NPIs.

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