Volume 7, Number 7—June 2001
Research
Measles Outbreak in a Community with Very Low Vaccine Coverage, the Netherlands
Susan van den Hof*
, Christine M.A. Meffre*, Marina A.E. Conyn-van Spaendonck*, Frits Woonink†, Hester E. de Melker*, and Rob S. van Binnendijk*
, Christine M.A. Meffre*, Marina A.E. Conyn-van Spaendonck*, Frits Woonink†, Hester E. de Melker*, and Rob S. van Binnendijk*Table 1
Participation in measles outbreak investigation, the Netherlands, 1999-2000
| Pupils
(n = 412) |
Household members
(n = 375)a |
Total
(n = 787) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sources | n | % | n | % | n | % |
| Questionnaire and biological samplesb | 50 | (12) | 36 | (10) | 86 | (11) |
| Questionnaire | 197 | (48) | 16 | (4) | 213 | (27) |
| Limited information and biological samples | 0 | (0) | 14 | (4) | 14 | (2) |
| Limited information (August only) | 8 | (2) | 261 | (70) | 269 | (34) |
| No information | 157 | (38) | 48 | (13) | 205 | (26) |
a Number of household members not attending the elementary school of the 255 participating pupils.
bQuestionnaires for all 86 participants from whom questionnaires and biological sample(s) were collected both in July and August.
