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Estimating contact-adjusted immunity levels against measles in South Korea and prospects for maintai...

Estimating contact-adjusted immunity levels against measles in South Korea and prospects for maintai...

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Estimating contact-adjusted immunity levels against measles in South Korea and prospects for maintaining elimination status

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Full title

Estimating contact-adjusted immunity levels against measles in South Korea and prospects for maintaining elimination status

Publisher

Netherlands: Elsevier Ltd

Journal title

Vaccine, 2020-01, Vol.38 (2), p.107-111

Language

English

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Publisher

Netherlands: Elsevier Ltd

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Scope and Contents

Contents

Highlights•A measles outbreak is occurring in South Korea despite high vaccine coverage. •Contact-adjusted immunity against measles is currently at 92%, increased from 86% in 2014. •There might be an option for catch-up campaigns to achieve herd immunity. •This is the first study to use contact patterns for understanding infectious disease outbreak...

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Full title

Estimating contact-adjusted immunity levels against measles in South Korea and prospects for maintaining elimination status

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Record Identifier

TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_6964151

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_6964151

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ISSN

0264-410X

E-ISSN

1873-2518

DOI

10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.10.040

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