The 2013-2014 measles outbreak in The Netherlands: New evidence on measles epidemiology and control
In Chapter 2, we described the measles outbreak of 2013/14 that occurred in The Netherlands. The outbreak took mainly place within the orthodox Protestant community. In total, 2700 measles cases, 181 hospitalisations and 1 death were reported. In Chapter 3, we assessed the actual burden of the 2013/14 measles outbreak by assessing the completeness of reporting. Given that 9% of cases were reported, the estimated total size of the 2013/14 outbreak approximated 31,400 measles cases. In Chapter 4, we assessed the severity and contagiousness of 2539 unvaccinated (94%), 121 once vaccinated (5%) and... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Dissertation |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2020 |
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Utrecht University
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Schlagwörter: | measles / vaccination / outbreak / epidemiology / vaccine / the Netherlands / infectious disease |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28789646 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/388830 |