An outbreak of varicella among schoolchildren in Taipei.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The reported cases with varicella have not decreased and outbreaks of varicella among vaccinated children continue to be reported 9 years after the public vaccination program in Taipei. We investigated an outbreak to determine varicella vaccine coverage and effectiveness.

Methods

An outbreak occurred in an elementary school which located in southern Taipei from April 2007 through May 2007. A retrospect cohort study was performed by using a self-administered questionnaire for parents.

Results

Ten out of sixteen varicella cases were vaccinated. Overall vaccine coverage was 71.2%. The common reasons for not receiving varicella vaccine were that varicella vaccine was unavailable because the student didn't live in Taipei (29.4%) or the children could not be vacc

SUBMITTER: Lai CC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3095558 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature