Review Article
Kuwait Recommendations on Vaccine Use in People with Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases
Table 1
Rates of vaccine-preventable disease in Kuwait.
| Disease | |
| Pneumococcal disease | 5/100,000 annually [11] | Influenza | 10–20 per 100,000 population annually [12] | Tetanus | 0 [13] | Hepatitis B | 2–5% [14] | Herpes zoster | 0.55% [15] | Human papilloma virus | 2.3% [16] | Meningitis | 0.5 per 100,000 population annually [17] |
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There have been no reported cases of tetanus in Kuwait since 1990. In women with normal cervical cytology. |