Residual susceptibility to measles among young adults in Victoria,Australia following a national targeted measles-mumps-rubella vaccination campaign |
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| Authors: | Heath A Kelly Heather F Gidding Theo Karapanagiotidis Jennie A Leydon Michaela A Riddell |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Epidemiology Unit, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory (VIDRL), World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Region Measles Reference Laboratory, Melbourne, Australia;(2) School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Australia;(3) Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology (CIDM)-Public Health, Westmead Hospital, Australia;(4) Serology Laboratory, VIDRL and WHO Western Pacific Region Measles Reference Laboratory, Melbourne, Australia |
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| Abstract: | Background Past measles immunisation policies in Australia have resulted in a cohort of young adults who have been inadequately vaccinated, but who also have low levels of naturally acquired immunity because immunisation programs have decreased the circulation of wild virus. A measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) immunisation campaign aimed at addressing this susceptibility to measles among young adults was conducted in Australia in 2001–2. By estimating age-specific immunity, we aimed to evaluate the success of this campaign in the state of Victoria. |
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