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12297401

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
29-30
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-9-25
pubmed:abstractText
We aimed to describe the impact of vaccination on the epidemiology of measles infection in Flanders (Belgium), to document probable vaccination coverage based on this evidence, compare these epidemiological data with those generated by a mathematical model and estimate the costs of morbidity from measles. In contrast to previous analyses, we included the costs of long-term care for sequelae due to encephalitis and subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE). We estimated the direct health care costs per average measles case at 227, 212, 210, 200 and 194 for the age groups of 0-4, 5-9, 10-14, 15-19 and > or=20 years, respectively. Excluding long-term care lowers these estimates by 22-51%, depending on the age group. By including indirect time costs, we arrive at total costs per measles case of 320, 305, 210, 200 and 625, respectively. In addition to registering vaccination coverage more rigorously in the future, it seems necessary to undertake seroprevalence studies to document the age-specific immunity to measles. By using such information, current vaccination strategies can be adapted to prevent future outbreaks and to help eliminate measles from Europe in an efficient way. We noted throughout that many of the data sources are flawed. Better and accessible data bases are required to improve the reliability of similar studies in the future.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0264-410X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
4
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3551-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
The difficult quest for data on "vanishing" vaccine-preventable infections in Europe: the case of measles in Flanders (Belgium).
pubmed:affiliation
Centre for the Evaluation of Vaccination, Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610, Antwerp, Belgium. pbeutels@uia.ua.ac.be
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't