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Table 2 Operational definitions of child vaccine status

From: Vaccine coverage and determinants of incomplete vaccination in children aged 12–23 months in Dschang, West Region, Cameroon: a cross-sectional survey during a polio outbreak

Vaccine status

Definition

Fully vaccinated

A child between 12–23 months old who received: BCG, DtwPHibHepB-3, OPV-3, Yellow Fever and Measles vaccines at the time of survey

Fully vaccinated before 12 months of life

A child between 12–23 months old who received all the above vaccines by the age of 12 months (it is evaluated only by vaccination card)

Partially vaccinated

A child between 12–23 months old who missed at least one dose of the above vaccines

Unvaccinated

A child between 12–23 months old who does not receive any dose of the above vaccines

  1. BCG bacille calmette guérin, OPV oral polio vaccine, DTwPHibHepB diphtheria and tetanus toxoid with whole cell pertussis, Haemophilus Influenzae type B and hepatitis B vaccines