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Peer reviewedNkowane, Benjamin M.; And Others – American Journal of Public Health, 1987
An outbreak of measles occurred in a high school with a documented vaccination level of 98 percent. When measles is introduced in a highly vaccinated population, vaccine failures may play some role in transmission but such transmission is not usually sustained. (Author/LHW)
Descriptors: Communicable Diseases, Disease Control, Disease Incidence, Epidemiology
Peer reviewedHersh, Bradley S.; And Others – American Journal of Public Health, 1991
Reports a retrospective cohort study among students living in campus dormitories to examine potential risk factors for measles vaccine failure. As in secondary schools, measles outbreaks can occur among highly vaccinated college populations. Requiring two doses of measles vaccine for college entrants should help reduce measles outbreaks in college…
Descriptors: College Students, Colleges, Communicable Diseases, Disease Control
