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Improvement of measles immunity among migrant populations: lessons learned from a prevalence study in a Swiss prison

ContributorsGetaz, Laurent; Rieder, Jean-Pierre; Siegrist, Claire-Anne; Kramer-gauchat, Marie-Claire Florence; Stoll, Beat; Humair, Jean-Paul Luc André; Kossovsky, Michel; Gaspoz, Jean-Michel; Wolff, Hans
Published inSchweizerische medizinische Wochenschrift, vol. 141, w13215
Publication date2011
Abstract

Measles persists worldwide despite the implementation of general vaccination campaigns. The environmental and demographic characteristics in many prisons increase the risk of measles epidemics. A large proportion of inmates come from countries where immunisation coverage is low. We aimed to estimate the susceptibility to measles among prisoners in order to implement preventative measures.

Keywords
  • Adult
  • Age Factors
  • Antibodies, Viral/blood
  • Disease Susceptibility/ethnology/immunology
  • Emigrants and Immigrants
  • Humans
  • Immunity, Active
  • Male
  • Measles/ethnology/immunology
  • Middle Aged
  • Morbillivirus/immunology
  • Prisoners
  • Prisons
  • Switzerland
  • Young Adult
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GETAZ, Laurent et al. Improvement of measles immunity among migrant populations: lessons learned from a prevalence study in a Swiss prison. In: Schweizerische medizinische Wochenschrift, 2011, vol. 141, p. w13215. doi: 10.4414/smw.2011.13215
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