Seroepidemiology of Measles, Mumps and Rubella on Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba: The First Population-Based Serosurveillance Study in Caribbean Netherlands
The National Immunization Program (NIP) on Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba (i.e., Caribbean Netherlands (CN)) includes the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine since 1988/89. Seroepidemiological data is an important tool to evaluate the NIP, hence a cross-sectional representative population-based serosurveillance study was conducted for the first time in CN in mid-2017. Participants (n = 1829, aged 0–90 years) donated a blood sample and completed a health-related questionnaire. MMR-specific IgG antibodies were determined using a bead-based multiplex immunoassay and risk factors were analyzed us... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Text |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2019 |
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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Schlagwörter: | MMR vaccination / seroepidemiology / measles / mumps / rubella / Caribbean Netherlands / Bonaire / St. Eustatius / Saba |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27006739 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines7040137 |