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SUBMITTER: Middeldorp M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7787078 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Middeldorp Marit M van Lier Alies A van der Maas Nicoline N Veldhuijzen Irene I Freudenburg Wieke W van Sorge Nina M NM Sanders Elisabeth A M EAM Knol Mirjam J MJ de Melker Hester E HE
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We aimed to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the incidence of vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) and participation in the routine infant vaccination programme in the Netherlands. The incidence of various VPDs initially decreased by 75-97% after the implementation of the Dutch COVID-19 response measures. The participation in the first measles-mumps-rubella vaccination among children scheduled for vaccination in March-September 2020 initially dropped by 6-14% compared with the previo ...[more]