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THE FAILURE OF A SCHOOL IMMUNIZATION CAMPAIGN TO TERMINATE AN URBAN EPIDEMIC OF MEASLES
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ImmunodeficienciesEpidemiological DynamicDisease OutbreakVaccine HesitancyInfectious Disease ControlPreventive MedicinePathogen EpidemiologyPediatric EpidemiologyClinical EpidemiologySchool Immunization CampaignInfection ControlPublic HealthGeneral EpidemiologyInfectious Disease EpidemiologyDisease SurveillanceMeasles EpidemicsEpidemiologyVaccinationUrban EpidemicEpidemic IntelligenceEmerging Infectious DiseasesMedicine
Hardy, G. E. (NCDC, Atlanta, Ga. 30333), I. Kassanoff, H. G. Orbach, G. E. Case, and J. J. Witte. The failure of a school immunization campaign to terminate an urban epidemic of measles. Amer. J. Epid., 1970, 97: 286–293.—The City of Chicago experienced an epidemic of measles during the winter months of 1967–1968. Over 1, 300 cases were recorded; 72% in preschool children. Intensive early elementary school immunization programs have proved successful in aborting measles epidemics in the past and have now become the standard approach to measles epidemic control. Such an immunization program had no apparent effect on the course of the outbreak in Chicago. Transmission of measles among preschool children was found to be a major mode of spread in this urban epidemic. The failure of an intensive school immunization program at the time of documented transmission of measles among preschool age children is a finding which should prove significant to the assessment and control of future outbreaks in other urban areas.