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Titel:

Effectiveness of measles vaccination after household exposure during a measles outbreak: a household contact study in Coburg, Bavaria.

Dokumenttyp:
Evaluation Studies; Journal Article
Autor(en):
Arenz, S; Schmitt, HJ; Tischer, A; von Kries, R
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: A measles outbreak was recently observed in Coburg, Bavaria, in a population with vaccination rates of 76.5% in 5- to 6-year-old children in the years preceding the outbreak. Only a small proportion of children had received 2 vaccinations against measles. Vaccine effectiveness is estimated in a household contact study and also by a screening method. METHODS: A household contact study was conducted in families with at least 1 measles case by standardized computer-assisted telephone in...     »
Zeitschriftentitel:
Pediatr Infect Dis J
Jahr:
2005
Band / Volume:
24
Heft / Issue:
8
Seitenangaben Beitrag:
697-9
Sprache:
eng
PubMed:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16094223
Print-ISSN:
0891-3668
TUM Einrichtung:
Klinik und Poliklinik für Kinderheilkunde und Jugendmedizin
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