Economic Costs of Measles Outbreak in the Netherlands, 2013–2014

In 2013 and 2014, the Netherlands experienced a measles outbreak in orthodox Protestant communities with low measles–mumps–rubella vaccination coverage. Assessing total outbreak costs is needed for public health outbreak preparedness and control. Total costs of this outbreak were an estimated $4.7 m...

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Autores principales: Suijkerbuijk, Anita W.M., Woudenberg, Tom, Hahné, Susan J.M., Lochlainn, Laura Nic, de Melker, Hester E., Ruijs, Wilhelmina L.M., Lugnér, Anna K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4622243/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26488199
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2111.150410
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Sumario:In 2013 and 2014, the Netherlands experienced a measles outbreak in orthodox Protestant communities with low measles–mumps–rubella vaccination coverage. Assessing total outbreak costs is needed for public health outbreak preparedness and control. Total costs of this outbreak were an estimated $4.7 million.

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