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Effects of the Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on routine pediatric immunization coverage rates at the main University Hospital in Saudi Arabia

Abdulkarim A. Alrabiaah, Ahmed H. Alshaer, Stephanie Mae C. Estrella, Kathrine Ann S. Inclan, Hadeel A. Aljammaz, Khalid M. Almoosa, Nawaf F. Alshuraym, Mohamad-Hani A. Temsah, Fahad M. Alsohime, Sara S. Alsubaie, Elham E. Bukhari, Ali M. Somily and Fahad A. Alzamil
Saudi Medical Journal November 2020, 41 (11) 1197-1203; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2020.11.25457
Abdulkarim A. Alrabiaah
From the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit (Alrabiaah, Alsubaie, Bukhari, Alzamil), from the Pediatrics Outpatient Unit (Alshaer), from the General Pediatrics Unit (Aljammaz, Almoosa, Alshuraym), from the Pediatrics Intensive Care Unit (Temsah, Alsohime), Pediatrics Department, from the Pediatrics Outpatient Unit, Nursing Department (Estrella, Inclan), and from the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine (Somily), King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ahmed H. Alshaer
From the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit (Alrabiaah, Alsubaie, Bukhari, Alzamil), from the Pediatrics Outpatient Unit (Alshaer), from the General Pediatrics Unit (Aljammaz, Almoosa, Alshuraym), from the Pediatrics Intensive Care Unit (Temsah, Alsohime), Pediatrics Department, from the Pediatrics Outpatient Unit, Nursing Department (Estrella, Inclan), and from the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine (Somily), King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Stephanie Mae C. Estrella
From the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit (Alrabiaah, Alsubaie, Bukhari, Alzamil), from the Pediatrics Outpatient Unit (Alshaer), from the General Pediatrics Unit (Aljammaz, Almoosa, Alshuraym), from the Pediatrics Intensive Care Unit (Temsah, Alsohime), Pediatrics Department, from the Pediatrics Outpatient Unit, Nursing Department (Estrella, Inclan), and from the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine (Somily), King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Kathrine Ann S. Inclan
From the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit (Alrabiaah, Alsubaie, Bukhari, Alzamil), from the Pediatrics Outpatient Unit (Alshaer), from the General Pediatrics Unit (Aljammaz, Almoosa, Alshuraym), from the Pediatrics Intensive Care Unit (Temsah, Alsohime), Pediatrics Department, from the Pediatrics Outpatient Unit, Nursing Department (Estrella, Inclan), and from the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine (Somily), King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Hadeel A. Aljammaz
From the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit (Alrabiaah, Alsubaie, Bukhari, Alzamil), from the Pediatrics Outpatient Unit (Alshaer), from the General Pediatrics Unit (Aljammaz, Almoosa, Alshuraym), from the Pediatrics Intensive Care Unit (Temsah, Alsohime), Pediatrics Department, from the Pediatrics Outpatient Unit, Nursing Department (Estrella, Inclan), and from the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine (Somily), King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Khalid M. Almoosa
From the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit (Alrabiaah, Alsubaie, Bukhari, Alzamil), from the Pediatrics Outpatient Unit (Alshaer), from the General Pediatrics Unit (Aljammaz, Almoosa, Alshuraym), from the Pediatrics Intensive Care Unit (Temsah, Alsohime), Pediatrics Department, from the Pediatrics Outpatient Unit, Nursing Department (Estrella, Inclan), and from the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine (Somily), King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Nawaf F. Alshuraym
From the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit (Alrabiaah, Alsubaie, Bukhari, Alzamil), from the Pediatrics Outpatient Unit (Alshaer), from the General Pediatrics Unit (Aljammaz, Almoosa, Alshuraym), from the Pediatrics Intensive Care Unit (Temsah, Alsohime), Pediatrics Department, from the Pediatrics Outpatient Unit, Nursing Department (Estrella, Inclan), and from the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine (Somily), King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mohamad-Hani A. Temsah
From the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit (Alrabiaah, Alsubaie, Bukhari, Alzamil), from the Pediatrics Outpatient Unit (Alshaer), from the General Pediatrics Unit (Aljammaz, Almoosa, Alshuraym), from the Pediatrics Intensive Care Unit (Temsah, Alsohime), Pediatrics Department, from the Pediatrics Outpatient Unit, Nursing Department (Estrella, Inclan), and from the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine (Somily), King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Fahad M. Alsohime
From the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit (Alrabiaah, Alsubaie, Bukhari, Alzamil), from the Pediatrics Outpatient Unit (Alshaer), from the General Pediatrics Unit (Aljammaz, Almoosa, Alshuraym), from the Pediatrics Intensive Care Unit (Temsah, Alsohime), Pediatrics Department, from the Pediatrics Outpatient Unit, Nursing Department (Estrella, Inclan), and from the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine (Somily), King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Sara S. Alsubaie
From the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit (Alrabiaah, Alsubaie, Bukhari, Alzamil), from the Pediatrics Outpatient Unit (Alshaer), from the General Pediatrics Unit (Aljammaz, Almoosa, Alshuraym), from the Pediatrics Intensive Care Unit (Temsah, Alsohime), Pediatrics Department, from the Pediatrics Outpatient Unit, Nursing Department (Estrella, Inclan), and from the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine (Somily), King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Elham E. Bukhari
From the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit (Alrabiaah, Alsubaie, Bukhari, Alzamil), from the Pediatrics Outpatient Unit (Alshaer), from the General Pediatrics Unit (Aljammaz, Almoosa, Alshuraym), from the Pediatrics Intensive Care Unit (Temsah, Alsohime), Pediatrics Department, from the Pediatrics Outpatient Unit, Nursing Department (Estrella, Inclan), and from the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine (Somily), King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ali M. Somily
From the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit (Alrabiaah, Alsubaie, Bukhari, Alzamil), from the Pediatrics Outpatient Unit (Alshaer), from the General Pediatrics Unit (Aljammaz, Almoosa, Alshuraym), from the Pediatrics Intensive Care Unit (Temsah, Alsohime), Pediatrics Department, from the Pediatrics Outpatient Unit, Nursing Department (Estrella, Inclan), and from the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine (Somily), King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Fahad A. Alzamil
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    Box and whisker plot representing monthly vaccination visits during March-May 2017-2020.

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    Bar chart representing vaccination visits for the primary vaccination series during the month of March from 2017 to 2020. There were substantial drops in the numbers of all types of vaccinations during March 2020 except for birth vaccinations. Hexavalent vaccine includes hepatitis B, diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis, Haemophilus influenzae type b and inactivated poliovirus, MCV4: quadruple conjugated meningococcus vaccine, PCV13: pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, MMR: measles, mumps, rubella

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    Bar chart representing vaccination visits for the primary vaccination series during the month of April from 2017 to 2020. There were substantial drops in the numbers of all types of vaccinations during March 2020 except for birth vaccinations. Hexavalent vaccine includes hepatitis B, diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis, Haemophilus influenzae type b and inactivated poliovirus, MCV4: quadruple conjugated meningococcus vaccine, PCV1: pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, MMR: measles, mumps, rubella

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    Bar chart representing vaccination visits for the primary vaccination series during the month of May from 2017 to 2020. There were substantial drops in the numbers of all types of vaccinations during March 2020 except for birth vaccinations. Hexavalent vaccine includes hepatitis B, diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis, Haemophilus influenzae type b, and inactivated poliovirus, MCV4: quadruple conjugated meningococcus vaccine, PCV13: pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, MMR: measles, mumps, rubella.

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Effects of the Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on routine pediatric immunization coverage rates at the main University Hospital in Saudi Arabia
Abdulkarim A. Alrabiaah, Ahmed H. Alshaer, Stephanie Mae C. Estrella, Kathrine Ann S. Inclan, Hadeel A. Aljammaz, Khalid M. Almoosa, Nawaf F. Alshuraym, Mohamad-Hani A. Temsah, Fahad M. Alsohime, Sara S. Alsubaie, Elham E. Bukhari, Ali M. Somily, Fahad A. Alzamil
Saudi Medical Journal Nov 2020, 41 (11) 1197-1203; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2020.11.25457

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