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Source: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/742773
Two-Dose Vaccine Coverage Needed to Reduce Mumps Outbreaks
Laurie Barclay, MD
May 16, 2011 ? Two-dose vaccine coverage is needed to reduce mumps outbreaks, according to the results of a Canadian study published online May 16 in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
"This investigation was done to assess vaccine effectiveness of one and two doses of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine during an outbreak of mumps in Ontario," write Shelley L. Deeks, MD, MHSc, from the Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion in Toronto, Canada, and colleagues. "The level of coverage required to reach herd immunity and interrupt community transmission of mumps was also estimated..."
Two-Dose Vaccine Coverage Needed to Reduce Mumps Outbreaks
Laurie Barclay, MD
May 16, 2011 ? Two-dose vaccine coverage is needed to reduce mumps outbreaks, according to the results of a Canadian study published online May 16 in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
"This investigation was done to assess vaccine effectiveness of one and two doses of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine during an outbreak of mumps in Ontario," write Shelley L. Deeks, MD, MHSc, from the Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion in Toronto, Canada, and colleagues. "The level of coverage required to reach herd immunity and interrupt community transmission of mumps was also estimated..."