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Review
. 2012 Jan 10;184(1):E70-6.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.110506. Epub 2011 Nov 14.

The role of seroepidemiology in the comprehensive surveillance of vaccine-preventable diseases

Sarah E Wilson  1 , Shelley L Deeks, Todd F Hatchette, Natasha S Crowcroft
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Review

The role of seroepidemiology in the comprehensive surveillance of vaccine-preventable diseases

Sarah E Wilson et al. CMAJ. .
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Figure 1:
Figure 1:
Countries using rubella vaccine in their national immunization schedules in 1996 and in 2008. From: www.who.int/immunization_monitoring/diseases/rubella_map_age.jpg (accessed 2011 Aug. 26). Reprinted with the permission of the World Health Organization.
Figure 2:
Figure 2:
Countries using mumps vaccine in their national immunization schedules in 2009. From: www.who.int/immunization_monitoring/diseases/mumps_map_schedule.jpg (accessed 2011 Aug. 26). Reprinted with the permission of the World Health Organization.
Figure 3:
Figure 3:
Age-specific trends in pertussis infection in Australia using both reportable disease notifications and population-based serosurveillance. From: Quinn HE, McIntyre PB, Backhouse JL, Gidding HF, Brotherton J, Gilbert GL. The utility of seroepidemiology for tracking trends in pertussis infection. Epidemiol Infect. 2010 Mar;138(3):426–33. Reprinted with the permission of Cambridge University Press.
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