Nathalia Katz

• Ministerio de Salud de la Nación, Argentina

To reduce influenza-associated morbidity and mortality, countries in South America recommend annual influenza vaccination for persons at high risk for severe influenza illness, including young children, persons with preexisting health conditions, and older adults. Interim estimates of influenza vaccine effectiveness (VE) from Southern Hemisphere co...

Objetivo Construir y comparar el ranking de los programas nacionales de inmunizaciones (PNI) de América Latina del año 2020 con el año anterior. Métodos Se evaluaron 18 PNI con base en la información pública obtenida de sitios oficiales de los ministerios de salud de los países, la Organización Mundial de la Salud, la Organización Panamericana de...

Background Argentina has eliminated the circulation of poliovirus (PV) in 1984, and from 2020 onward only inactivated vaccines (IPV) are included in its national immunization schedule (NIS) which consist of three doses and a booster. The persistence of PV in some countries and the regional use of attenuated vaccines allow for the risk of reintroduc...

Evaluations of vaccine effectiveness during the March–September Southern Hemisphere influenza season can provide valuable information for countries currently experiencing the influenza season and preceding the October–May Northern Hemisphere influenza season. Since 2013, multiple countries have participated in the Network for the Evaluation of Vacc...

Background Although several studies have reported attenuated influenza illness following influenza vaccination, results have been inconsistent and have focused predominantly on adults in the USA. This study aimed to evaluate the severity of influenza illness by vaccination status in a broad range of influenza vaccine target groups across multiple S...

Background In Argentina, around 150,000-180,000 total Varicella (VZV) cases per year (c/y) are registered; however, underreport exists and some 400,000 cases are estimated to occur annually. Varicella vaccine (VV) was included in the National Immunization Schedule (NIS) in 2015, with a 1-dose schedule administered at 15 months-of-age. We aimed to d...

• HPV16/18 decreased by >93% in vaccinated sexually active Argentine girls. • Detected reduction of HPV31 and 45 would add to the success of immunization. • No genotype replacement was observed. • First HPV vaccination monitoring data reported from a Latin American country.

In 2011, Argentina launched a government-funded national Human papillomavirus (HPV) immunization program incorporating a bivalent HPV vaccine, with a 0–1–6-month schedule, for girls 11 years of age, born after January 2000. Monitoring the changes of HPV infection prevalence among young women has been proposed as an endpoint for early assessment of...

Background Acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance is carried out in Argentina in the frame of the Polio Eradication Program. Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) is a type of AFP and can be detected in the frame of AFP surveillance. Although many case series of AFM associated to enterovirus (EV) were released since 2014 in many countries, there were no...

Background Varicella (VZV) is one of the most frequent exanthematic diseases in childhood. In Argentina, around 150,000–180,000 total cases per year are registered; however, underreport exists and some 400,000 cases are estimated to occur annually. Varicella vaccine (VV) was included in the national immunization schedule (NIS) in 2015, with a 1-dos...

Vaccination is one of the most effective strategies for disease prevention. Argentina initiated the transition from child vaccination to family vaccination through the incorporation of an adult schedule. One of the difficulties with this last group is to assess the percentage of use (PU) of the vaccines. With the aim of determining the PU of adult...

The importance of vaccination during pregnancy lies not only in directly protecting vaccinated women, but also by indirectly protecting small infants during the first few months of life. Vaccination against the flu and whooping cough is a priority within the comprehensive care strategy for pregnant women and small infants in Argentina, in the conte...