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Impact of a mass vaccination campaign against a meningitis epidemic in a refugee camp.

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dc.contributor Médecins Sans Frontières Belgium, Brussels, Belgium.
dc.creator Haelterman, E
dc.creator Boelaert, M
dc.creator Suetens, C
dc.creator Blok, L
dc.creator Henkens, M
dc.creator Toole, M J
dc.date 1996-06
dc.date.accessioned 2017-01-31T07:10:06Z
dc.date.available 2017-01-31T07:10:06Z
dc.identifier Impact of a mass vaccination campaign against a meningitis epidemic in a refugee camp. 1996, 1 (3):385-92 Trop. Med. Int. Health
dc.identifier 1360-2276
dc.identifier 8673844
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10144/18817
dc.identifier http://fieldresearch.msf.org/msf/handle/10144/18817
dc.identifier Tropical Medicine & International Health
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10144/18817
dc.description Serogroup A meningococcus epidemics occurred in refugee populations in Zaire in August 1994. The paper analyses the public health impact of a mass vaccination campaign implemented in a large refugee camp. We compared meningitis incidence rates from 2 similar camps. In Kibumba camp, vaccination was implemented early in the course of the epidemic whilst in the control camp (Katale), vaccination was delayed. At a threshold of 15 cases per 100 000 population per week an immunization campaign was implemented. Attack rates were 94 and 134 per 100,000 in Kibumba and Katale respectively over 2 months. In Kibumba, one week after crossing the threshold, 121,588 doses of vaccine were administered covering 76% of all refugees. Vaccination may have prevented 68 cases (30% of the expected cases). Despite its rapid institution and the high coverage achieved, the vaccination campaign had a limited impact on morbidity due to meningitis. In the early phase in refugee camps, the relative priorities of meningitis vaccination and case management need to be better defined.
dc.language en
dc.publisher Wiley-Blackwell
dc.relation http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/loi/tmi
dc.rights Archived on this site with the kind permission of Wiley-Blackwell
dc.title Impact of a mass vaccination campaign against a meningitis epidemic in a refugee camp.


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