Mumps vaccine effectiveness in primary schools and households, the Netherlands, 2008

Highlights ► We studied mumps vaccine effectiveness (VE) during a mumps outbreak. ► The VE in schoolchildren was high for two doses of the mumps vaccine. ► Among household contacts of confirmed mumps cases, the VE was much lower. ► Mumps vaccination is highly effective in schoolchildren in the Nethe...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Vaccine 2012-04, Vol.30 (19), p.2999-3002
Hauptverfasser:	Snijders, Bianca E.P, Lier, Alies van, van de Kassteele, Jan, Fanoy, Ewout B, Ruijs, Wilhelmina L.M, Hulshof, Folkwin, Blauwhof, Annet, Schipper, Maarten, van Binnendijk, Rob, Boot, Hein J, de Melker, Hester E, Hahné, Susan J.M
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Age Allergy and Immunology Child Child, Preschool Children Children & youth confidence interval Confidence intervals Cross sectional study Cross-Sectional Studies Disease Outbreaks Elementary schools Estimates Family Characteristics Female genotype Genotype & phenotype Genotypes Household contacts Households Humans Inventories Male Measles Multivariate analysis Mumps Mumps - epidemiology Mumps - prevention & control Mumps Vaccine - administration & dosage Mumps Vaccine - immunology Netherlands - epidemiology Prevalence questionnaires Rubella school children Schools Surveys and Questionnaires Vaccine effectiveness Vaccines
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Zusammenfassung:	Highlights ► We studied mumps vaccine effectiveness (VE) during a mumps outbreak. ► The VE in schoolchildren was high for two doses of the mumps vaccine. ► Among household contacts of confirmed mumps cases, the VE was much lower. ► Mumps vaccination is highly effective in schoolchildren in the Netherlands. ► However, the low mumps VE in high exposure settings (households) is of concern.
ISSN:	0264-410X 1873-2518
DOI:	10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.02.035