Impact of vaccine effectiveness and coverage on preventing large mumps outbreaks on college campuses: Implications for vaccination strategy

Recent mumps outbreaks among highly vaccinated populations, including college students, have called into question the vaccine effectiveness (VE) of routine two-dose measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR2) immunization. We aimed to estimate the VE required for a novel vaccination strategy (e.g., MMR boost...

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Main Authors: Michael Melgar, Bryan Yockey, Mariel Asbury Marlow
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-09-01
Series:Epidemics
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S175543652200041X