Open AccessRisk factors for persisting measles susceptibility: a case-control study among unvaccinated orthodox Protestants
Author(s) -
Anne C. de Munter,
Alma Tostmann,
Susan Hahné,
Denise Spaan,
Rijk van Ginkel,
Wilhelmina L.M. Ruijs
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
european journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1464-360X
pISSN - 1101-1262
DOI - 10.1093/eurpub/cky072
Subject(s) - measles , medicine , logistic regression , demography , vaccination , pediatrics , environmental health , immunology , sociology
Measles is an infectious disease providing lifelong immunity. Epidemics periodically occur among unvaccinated orthodox Protestants in the Netherlands. During the 2013/2014 epidemic, 17% of the reported patients was over 14 years old. Apparently, they did not catch measles during the previous 1999/2000 epidemic and remained susceptible. We wanted to identify risk factors for this so-called persisting measles susceptibility, and thus risk factors for acquiring measles at older age with increased risk of complications.
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