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SUBMITTER: Minetti A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3873105 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Minetti Andrea A Hurtado Northan N Grais Rebecca F RF Ferrari Matthew M
American journal of epidemiology 20131016 2
Current mass vaccination campaigns in measles outbreak response are nonselective with respect to the immune status of individuals. However, the heterogeneity in immunity, due to previous vaccination coverage or infection, may lead to potential bias of such campaigns toward those with previous high access to vaccination and may result in a lower-than-expected effective impact. During the 2010 measles outbreak in Malawi, only 3 of the 8 districts where vaccination occurred achieved a measureable e ...[more]