Short term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on incidence of vaccine preventable diseases and participation in routine infant vaccinations in the Netherlands in the period March-September 2020

Marit Middeldorp; Alies van Lier; Nicoline van der Maas; Irene Veldhuijzen; Wieke Freudenburg; Nina M. van Sorge; Elisabeth A. M. Sanders; Mirjam J. Knol; Hester E. de Melker

doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.12.080

Short term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on incidence of vaccine preventable diseases and participation in routine infant vaccinations in the Netherlands in the period March-September 2020

Marit Middeldorp, Alies van Lier, Nicoline van der Maas, Irene Veldhuijzen, Wieke Freudenburg, Nina M. van Sorge, Elisabeth A. M. Sanders, Mirjam J. Knol, Hester E. de Melker

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We aimed to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the incidence of vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) and participation in the routine infant vaccination programme in the Netherlands. The incidence of various VPDs initially decreased by 75–97% after the implementation of the Dutch COVID-19 response measures. The participation in the first measles-mumps-rubella vaccination among children scheduled for vaccination in March-September 2020 initially dropped by 6–14% compared with the previous year. After catch-up vaccination, a difference in MMR1 participation of −1% to −2% still remained. Thus, the pandemic has reduced the incidence of several VPDs and has had a limited impact on the routine infant vaccination programme.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1039-1043
Number of pages	5
Journal	Vaccine
Volume	39
Issue number	7
Early online date	2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.12.080
Publication status	Published - 12 Feb 2021

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COVID-19
Routine infant vaccination
SARS-CoV-2
VPDs
Vaccine-preventable diseases

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Middeldorp, M., van Lier, A., van der Maas, N., Veldhuijzen, I., Freudenburg, W., van Sorge, N. M., Sanders, E. A. M., Knol, M. J., & de Melker, H. E. (2021). Short term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on incidence of vaccine preventable diseases and participation in routine infant vaccinations in the Netherlands in the period March-September 2020. Vaccine, 39(7), 1039-1043. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.12.080

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Short term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on incidence of vaccine preventable diseases and participation in routine infant vaccinations in the Netherlands in the period March-September 2020. / Middeldorp, Marit; van Lier, Alies; van der Maas, Nicoline et al.
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Middeldorp M, van Lier A, van der Maas N, Veldhuijzen I, Freudenburg W, van Sorge NM et al. Short term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on incidence of vaccine preventable diseases and participation in routine infant vaccinations in the Netherlands in the period March-September 2020. Vaccine. 2021 Feb 12;39(7):1039-1043. Epub 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.12.080

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