Estimating the risk and spatial spread of measles in populations with high MMR uptake: Using school-household networks to understand the 2013 to 2014 outbreak in the Netherlands
Our framework indicates that clustering of unvaccinated children in primary schools connected by unvaccinated children in related secondary schools lead to large, connected clusters of unvaccinated children. Using our approach, we could explain historical outbreaks on a spatial level. Our framework could be further developed to aid future outbreak response.
Authors
- Jacco Wallinga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1725-5627)
- Susan Hahné (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1869-5616)
- Don Klinkenberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9449-6873)
- Katherine E. Atkins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5250-0558)
- Albert Jan van Hoek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9244-0489)
- James D Munday (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6206-7134)
- Marc Meurs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2827-0537)
- Erik Fleur (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7839-4081)
Institutions
- Leiden University Medical Center (NL)
- ETH Zurich (CH)
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (NL)
- University of Edinburgh (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS Medicine
- Published
- 2024-10-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004466
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Virology and Viral Diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.32
Funders
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
- National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu