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11693506

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-11-5
pubmed:abstractText
The objective of this study is to estimate the measles reproduction ratio for eight Western European vaccination programmes. Because many plausible age-structured transmission patterns result in a similar description of the observations, it is not possible to estimate a unique value of the reproduction ratio. A method is developed to estimate bounds and confidence intervals for plausible values of the reproduction ratios using maximum likelihood methods. Lower and upper bounds for plausible values of the basic reproduction ratio are estimated to be 7.17 (95% CI 7.14-7.20) and 45.41 (95% CI 9.77-49.57), corresponding to lower and upper bounds on critical vaccine coverage of 86.6% and 98.1%. Of the eight evaluated vaccination programmes, four have vaccine coverage below the lower bound and allow measles to persist, and four have vaccine coverage at the upper bound and may eventually eliminate measles.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0950-2688
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
127
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
281-95
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-5-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Estimation of measles reproduction ratios and prospects for elimination of measles by vaccination in some Western European countries.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't