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Outbreak of mumps in a vaccinated child population: a question of vaccine failure?

Vandermeulen, Corinne, Roelants, Mathieu, Vermoere, Marijke, Roseeuw, Katelijn, Goubau, Patrick, Hoppenbrouwers, Karel·2004·Vaccine
DOI 10.1016/j.vaccine.2004.02.001
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In Belgium, children are immunized against measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) in a two-dose schedule at the age of 15 months and 11 years. Despite these recommendations, epidemics of mumps still occur. During an outbreak of mumps in Bruges (Belgium), 105 cases were registered in seven schools (age group 3-12 years). Lower than optimal vaccination coverage, inadequate vaccination schedule and a combination of primary and/or secondary vaccine failure are considered as possible reasons for the outbreak as described in the article. The role of secondary vaccine failure is highlighted.

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  • In a Belgian mumps epidemic in 1995 to 1996 among pupils aged three to 12 years, the odds of developing mumps increased 27% per one-year increase from one year after the last MMR immunisation onwards.

    “A Belgian study carried out on pupils from seven kindergartens and primary schools in Bruges city (age range three to 12 years) during a mumps epidemic in 1995 to 1996 (Vandermeulen 2004) estimated that odds of developing mumps increased 27% per one-year increase, from one year after the last MMR immunisation onwards.”

    From Vaccines for measles, mumps and rubella in children (2012) · cites this paper as Vandermeulen 2004

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Authors
Vandermeulen, C., Roelants, M., Vermoere, M., Roseeuw, K., Goubau, P., & Hoppenbrouwers, K.
Affiliations
  • KU Leuven (BE)
  • UCLouvain (BE)
Corresponding author
Vandermeulen, Corinne
ORCID
Venue
Vaccine
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2004-07
Volume
22
Issue
21-22
Pages
2713-2716
ISSN
0264-410X (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.vaccine.2004.02.001
OpenAlex
W1977981961
Cited by
122
References
11
Citations by year
2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 7
FWCI
6.09
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Vaccine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Virology and Viral Diseases
  • Social Sciences › Health › Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Microbiology › Bacterial Infections and Vaccines
Keywords
mumps outbreak, vaccine failure, MMR vaccine, vaccination coverage, school outbreak, children, Bruges
MeSH terms
Belgium, Child, Child, Preschool, Disease Outbreaks, Female, Humans, Immunization Schedule, Male, Mumps, Mumps Vaccine, Odds Ratio, Treatment Failure, Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine, Mass Vaccination

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