Epidemic of mumps among vaccinated persons, the Netherlands, 2009-2012
To analyze the epidemiology of a nationwide mumps epidemic in the Netherlands, we reviewed 1,557 notified mumps cases in persons who had disease onset during September 1, 2009-August 31, 2012. Seasonality peaked in spring and autumn. Most case-patients were males (59%), 18-25 years of age (67.9%), and vaccinated twice with measles- mumps-rubella vaccine (67.7%). Nearly half (46.6%) of cases occurred in university students or in persons with student contacts. Receipt of 2 doses of vaccine reduced the risk for orchitis, the most frequently reported complication (vaccine effectiveness [VE] 74%, 9... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2014 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Sane , J , Gouma , S , Koopmans , M , de Melker , H , Swaan , C , van Binnendijk , R & Hahné , S 2014 , ' Epidemic of mumps among vaccinated persons, the Netherlands, 2009-2012 ' , Emerging Infectious Diseases , vol. 20 , no. 4 , pp. 643-648 . https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2004.131681 |
Schlagwörter: | /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/good_health_and_well_being / SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26841949 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://pure.eur.nl/en/publications/c9f891af-328a-4ba5-8c7e-7b889906d954 |