Two outbreaks of mumps in children vaccinated with the Rubini strain in Spain indicate low vaccine efficacy

C Pons; T Pelayo; I Pachon; A Galmes; L González; C Sánchez; F Martinez

doi:10.2807/esm.05.07.00014-en

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Two outbreaks of mumps in children vaccinated with the Rubini strain in Spain indicate low vaccine efficacy
C Pons¹ , T Pelayo¹ , I Pachon² , A Galmes³ , L González⁴ , C Sánchez⁴ , F Martinez²
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Affiliations: ¹ Field Epidemiology Training Programme, National Centre for Epidemiology, Carlos III Institute of Public Health, Madrid, Spain ² National Centre for Epidemiology, Carlos III Institute of Public Health, Madrid, Spain ³ Regional Authority for Health and Consumer Affairs, Iles Baléares, Spain ⁴ Orihuela Public Health Centre, Alicante, Spain

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Citation style for this article: Pons C, Pelayo T, Pachon I, Galmes A, González L, Sánchez C, Martinez F. Two outbreaks of mumps in children vaccinated with the Rubini strain in Spain indicate low vaccine efficacy. Euro Surveill. 2000;5(7):pii=14. https://doi.org/10.2807/esm.05.07.00014-en

Abstract

This paper reports a descriptive study of two outbreaks of mumps in Spanish towns in 1998 and an assessment of the efficacy of the vaccine used. It provides evidence of the low level of protection against the mumps virus that has been observed previously