Retraction of the article: Immunological Effectiveness of Mass Vaccine Prevention Against Hepatitis B in the Framework of Realization of the Priority National Project "Health" in Some Regions of the Russian Federation (DOI: 10.17816/EID40845)

The editorial board of the journal "Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases" announces the retraction of the article " Immunological Effectiveness of Mass Vaccine Prevention Against Hepatitis B in the Framework of Realization of the Priority National Project "Health" in Some Regions of the Russian Federation," published in 2015;20(4) by Shulakova N.I. et al. (DOI: 10.17816/EID40845 EDN: UHYRUB). The reason for retraction is simultaneous publication in another journal without the publishers’ consent. Similar article: Shulakova NI, Lytkina IN, Akimkin VG, et al. Immunological effectiveness of mass vaccination against hepatitis B within the framework of the priority national project "Health" in certain regions of the Russian Federation". Public Health and Life Environment – PHLE. 2015;(6):39-43. EDN:UCHPWN. The editors found of the publication of a similar article through their own work procedures for assessing the journal's scientometric indicators. It was not possible to reliably determine to which journal the article was previously submitted using available methods. Therefore, a decision was made to retract the article from the journal "Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases".