Ongoing mumps outbreak among adolescents and young adults, Ireland, August 2018 to January 2020

Ongoing mumps outbreak among adolescents and young adults, Ireland, August 2018 to January 2020

Between 18 August 2018 and 24 January 2020, 3,736 mumps cases were notified in Ireland. The highest numbers of notifications were observed in the age group 15-24 years. Vaccination status was reported for 32% (n = 1,199) of cases: 72% of these had received two doses of measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) va...

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Veröffentlicht in:Euro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles 2020-01, Vol.25 (4), p.1
Hauptverfasser: Ferenczi, Annamaria, Gee, Sarah, Cotter, Suzanne, Kelleher, Kevin, On Behalf Of The Mumps Outbreak Control Team
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Epidemics
Immunization
Mumps
Rapid Communication
Teenagers
Vaccines
Young adults
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Zusammenfassung:Between 18 August 2018 and 24 January 2020, 3,736 mumps cases were notified in Ireland. The highest numbers of notifications were observed in the age group 15-24 years. Vaccination status was reported for 32% (n = 1,199) of cases: 72% of these had received two doses of measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine. Vaccination uptake after free MMR vaccination targeting colleges and universities since early 2019 was low. Therefore, a national media campaign began in January 2020.
ISSN:1560-7917
1025-496X
1560-7917
DOI:10.2807/1560-7917.es.2020.25.4.2000047