The risk of aseptic meningitis associated with the Leningrad-Zagreb mumps vaccine strain following mass vaccination with measles-mumps-rubella vaccine, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 1997 | Zendy

Claudio Marcos da Silveira | Zendy; Claudete I. Kmetzsch | Zendy; Renate Mohrdieck | Zendy; Alethéa F. Sperb | Zendy; D. Rebecca Prevots | Zendy

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The risk of aseptic meningitis associated with the Leningrad-Zagreb mumps vaccine strain following mass vaccination with measles-mumps-rubella vaccine, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 1997

Author(s) -

Claudio Marcos da Silveira,

Claudete I. Kmetzsch,

Renate Mohrdieck,

Alethéa F. Sperb,

D. Rebecca Prevots

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/31.5.978

Subject(s) - aseptic meningitis , measles , mumps vaccine , medicine , virology , rubella , vaccination , rubella vaccine , meningitis , mass vaccination , mmr vaccine , pediatrics

Few data are available on the risk of aseptic meningitis following vaccination with the Leningrad-Zagreb (L-Z) strain of mumps vaccine. In 1997 the mumps vaccine was introduced into the state of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil through mass vaccination with mumps-measles-rubella (MMR), targeting children aged 1-11 years. Five municipalities used exclusively MMR vaccine containing the L-Z strain of mumps. An outbreak of aseptic meningitis was observed shortly after the mass campaign.

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