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2011-12-12Zeitschriftenartikel DOI: 10.1017/S0950268811002597
Measles outbreak in an asylum-seekers' shelter in Germany: comparison of the implemented with a hypothetical containment strategy
dc.contributor.authorTakla, Anja
dc.contributor.authorBarth, A.
dc.contributor.authorSiedler, Anette
dc.contributor.authorStöcker, Petra
dc.contributor.authorWichmann, Ole
dc.contributor.authorDeleré, Yvonne
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-07T16:08:56Z
dc.date.available2018-05-07T16:08:56Z
dc.date.created2012-12-12
dc.date.issued2011-12-12none
dc.identifier.otherhttp://edoc.rki.de/oa/articles/reXaDMUdfDAd2/PDF/25gbdIJKtyZ4I.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://edoc.rki.de/176904/1379
dc.description.abstractIn order to contain a measles outbreak in a German asylum-seekers' shelter, serological testing of all residents was performed, followed by selective vaccination of those with negative test results/not tested. In this paper we describe the outbreak epidemiologically and then compare the implemented strategy with a hypothetical mass vaccination of all individuals unvaccinated or with unknown vaccination status born after 1970 as recommended by the German Standing Committee on Vaccination in terms of potentially avoided cases, logistics, and costs. Three hundred (70%) residents participated in the serological testing, of which 39 (13%) were seronegative. In total, 144 individuals were eligible for vaccination, while a mass vaccination would have targeted 359 persons. However, serological testing was time- and personnel consuming and revealed several logistical problems. Its costs amounted to €90 000, double that of mass vaccination that additionally might have avoided three of the eight cases. Mass vaccination seems the preferred measure for measles outbreak control in such settings.eng
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRobert Koch-Institut, Infektionsepidemiologie
dc.subjectGermanyeng
dc.subjectmass vaccinationeng
dc.subjectmeasleseng
dc.subjectoutbreakeng
dc.subjectrefugeeseng
dc.subject.ddc610 Medizin
dc.titleMeasles outbreak in an asylum-seekers' shelter in Germany: comparison of the implemented with a hypothetical containment strategy
dc.typeperiodicalPart
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:0257-10028836
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S0950268811002597
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.25646/1304
local.edoc.container-titleEpidemiology and Infection
local.edoc.fp-subtypeArtikel
local.edoc.type-nameZeitschriftenartikel
local.edoc.container-typeperiodical
local.edoc.container-type-nameZeitschrift
local.edoc.container-urlhttp://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8647661
local.edoc.container-publisher-nameCambridge University Press
local.edoc.container-volume140
local.edoc.container-issue9
local.edoc.container-year2012

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