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. 2013 Sep 5;18(36):pii=20580.
doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.es2013.18.36.20580.

Large ongoing measles outbreak in a religious community in the Netherlands since May 2013

Mj Knol  1 , At Urbanus, Em Swart, L Mollema, Wl Ruijs, Rs van Binnendijk, Mj Te Wierik, He de Melker, A Timen, Sj Hahne
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Large ongoing measles outbreak in a religious community in the Netherlands since May 2013

Mj Knol et al. Euro Surveill. .
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Abstract

Despite vaccination coverage over 95%, a measles outbreak started in May 2013 in the Netherlands. As of 28 August, there were 1,226 reported cases, including 82 hospitalisations. It is anticipated that the outbreak will continue. Most cases were orthodox Protestants (n=1,087/1,186; 91.7%) and unvaccinated (n=1,174/1,217; 96.5%). A unique outbreak control intervention was implemented: a personal invitation for measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccination was sent for all children aged 6–14 months living in municipalities with MMR vaccination coverage below 90%.

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