%0 Journal Article %1 Knol:2013:es %A Knol, M J %A Urbanus, A T %A Swart, E M %A Mollema, L %A Ruijs, W L %A van Binnendijk, R S %A te Wierik, M J %A de Melker, H E %A Timen, A %A Hahné, S J %D 2013 %J Eurosurveillance %K epidemes %N 36 %R 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2013.18.36.20580 %T Large ongoing measles outbreak in a religious community in the Netherlands since May 2013 %V 18 %X Despite vaccination coverage over 95%, a measles outbreak started in May 2013 in the Netherlands. As of 28 August, there were 1,226 reported cases, including 82 hospitalisations. It is anticipated that the outbreak will continue. Most cases were orthodox Protestants (n=1,087/1,186; 91.7%) and unvaccinated (n=1,174/1,217; 96.5%). A unique outbreak control intervention was implemented: a personal invitation for measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccination was sent for all children aged 6–14 months living in municipalities with MMR vaccination coverage below 90%.

@article{Knol:2013:es, abstract = {Despite vaccination coverage over 95%, a measles outbreak started in May 2013 in the Netherlands. As of 28 August, there were 1,226 reported cases, including 82 hospitalisations. It is anticipated that the outbreak will continue. Most cases were orthodox Protestants (n=1,087/1,186; 91.7%) and unvaccinated (n=1,174/1,217; 96.5%). A unique outbreak control intervention was implemented: a personal invitation for measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccination was sent for all children aged 6–14 months living in municipalities with MMR vaccination coverage below 90%.}, added-at = {2017-10-04T10:37:23.000+0200}, author = {Knol, M J and Urbanus, A T and Swart, E M and Mollema, L and Ruijs, W L and van Binnendijk, R S and te Wierik, M J and de Melker, H E and Timen, A and Hahné, S J}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2af77cf9e8e8229e64c5abe5b65ecbbb1/krevelen}, doi = {10.2807/1560-7917.ES2013.18.36.20580}, interhash = {236ecab529eff032411f3b2664b765db}, intrahash = {af77cf9e8e8229e64c5abe5b65ecbbb1}, journal = {Eurosurveillance}, keywords = {epidemes}, month = sep, number = 36, timestamp = {2017-10-04T10:37:23.000+0200}, title = {Large ongoing measles outbreak in a religious community in the Netherlands since May 2013 }, volume = 18, year = 2013 }