title: Classification of transmission risk of vaccine-preventable diseases based on vaccination indicators in Brazilian municipalities.
abstract: to describe the transmission risk classification of vaccine-preventable diseases in Brazilian municipalities.
  
  
  
  this was a descriptive epidemiologic study using 2014 data of the Brazilian National Immunization Program Information System; the vaccine coverage indicators were used to classify the transmission risk of vaccine-preventable diseases in the municipalities.
  
  
  
  of the 5,570 Brazilian municipalities, 12.0% were classified as very low risk, 29.6% as low risk, 2.2% as medium risk, 54.3% as high risk and 1.8% as very high risk.
  
  
  
  the vaccination coverage surveillance allowed to identify most of the municipalities in high risk situation and the minority of children living in municipalities with appropriate coverage; the vaccination coverage surveillance using indicators of the Brazilian National Health System (SUS) is a new tool for identifying priority areas where the actions can be more successful for health managers and improve the quality and the success of the immunizations program.
authors.affiliation: Ministério da Saúde, Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde, Brasília-DF, Brasil.
authors.forename: Rui Moreira
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Braz
authors.affiliation: Ministério da Saúde, Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde, Brasília-DF, Brasil.
authors.forename: Carla Magda Allan S
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Domingues
authors.affiliation: Ministério da Saúde, Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde, Brasília-DF, Brasil.
authors.forename: Antônia Maria da Silva
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Teixeira
authors.affiliation: Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, São Paulo-SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Expedito José de Albuquerque
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Luna
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D002947:Cities; D003140:Communicable Disease Control; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000145:classification / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D017589:Immunization Programs; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014611:Vaccination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014612:Vaccines
chemical_list: D014612:Vaccines