Open AccessCommentary
Author(s) -
R G Pebody
Publication year - 2002
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.06.10.02095-en
Subject(s) - outbreak , measles , context (archaeology) , vaccination , population , term (time) , geography , demography , socioeconomics , political science , history , medicine , virology , sociology , archaeology , physics , quantum mechanics
This study was initiated by a recent large measles outbreak in districts of the Netherlands where up to half of the population decline vaccination on religious grounds. In this context, when occasional epidemics are inevitable, the authors seek to identify short and long term strategies to minimise the number of cases among vaccine acceptors.