Economic Costs of Measles Outbreak in the Netherlands, 2013-2014

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Emerg Infect Dis.
 2015 Nov;21(11):2067-9. doi: 10.3201/eid2111.150410.

Economic Costs of Measles Outbreak in the Netherlands 2013-2014.

Suijkerbuijk AW Woudenberg T Hahné SJ Lochlainn LN de Melker HE Ruijs WL Lugnér AK.

Abstract

In 2013 and 2014 the Netherlands experienced a measles outbreak in orthodox Protestant communities with low measles-mumps-rubella vaccination coverage. Assessing total outbreak costs is needed for public health outbreak preparedness and control. Total costs of this outbreak were an estimated $4.7 million.

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http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/11/15-0410_article

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