Eurosurveillance · 1996 · 29 citations · 0 references
VaccinationVaccine SafetyPreventive MedicineVaccine DevelopmentHigh Vaccine CoverageNational Immunisation ProgrammePreliminary ReportNorthern PortugalPrecision VaccinologyVaccine EfficacyTrivalent VaccineVaccine HesitancyMedicineEpidemiology
A measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) trivalent vaccine was added to Portugal's National Immunisation Programme (NIP) in 1987. All vaccines are given at health centres, free of charge, but an epidemic of mumps began in 1995, firstly in northern Portugal and