Mumps among highly vaccinated people: Investigation of an outbreak in a French Military Parachuting Unit, 2013

Gobet, A.; Mayet, Aurélie; Journaux, L.; Dia, A.; Aigle, Luc; Dubrous, P.; Michel, R.

doi:10.1016/j.jinf.2013.09.004

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“…The latest mumps outbreaks in the USA occurred in Orthodox Jewish communities, 107 at university campuses in California 108 and in New York. 109 Similarly, several mumps outbreaks were reported in populations with vaccine coverage >80% in Europe, [110][111][112] stressing that the herd immunity threshold for mumps is about 90%. 98 …”

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confidence: 99%

Vaccination of healthcare workers: A review

Haviari

Bénet

Saadatian‐Elahi

et al. 2015

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics

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Section: Mumpsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Vaccination of healthcare workers: A review

Haviari

Bénet

Saadatian‐Elahi

et al. 2015

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics

155

124

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“…The vaccine-induced mumps for scarce vaccine strain attenuation may possibly be one of the reasons for finding 70% of mumps vaccine efficacy, compared with 95% of vaccine efficacy for measles and rubella [ 168 ]. However, the mumps vaccine effectiveness is quoted ranging from 69% to 88% [ 169 ], and a mumps outbreak has been reported in a French military Parachuting Unit in 2013, in the majority vaccinated with two MMR doses, characterized by a high attack rate, ranging from 21.6% to 25% [ 170 ]. The mumps occurrence in highly vaccinated populations is a well-known phenomenon even in other countries [ 171 , 172 ], and different hypotheses have been proposed for its interpretation, including early waning of immunity or antigenic variance that may reduce the efficacy of the vaccine against new circulating strains, as frequently observed with influenza vaccine [ 172 ].…”

Section: Vaccine-preventable Infectious Diseasesmentioning

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A Historical Review of Military Medical Strategies for Fighting Infectious Diseases: From Battlefields to Global Health

Biselli

Nisini

Lista³

et al. 2022

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The environmental conditions generated by war and characterized by poverty, undernutrition, stress, difficult access to safe water and food as well as lack of environmental and personal hygiene favor the spread of many infectious diseases. Epidemic typhus, plague, malaria, cholera, typhoid fever, hepatitis, tetanus, and smallpox have nearly constantly accompanied wars, frequently deeply conditioning the outcome of battles/wars more than weapons and military strategy. At the end of the nineteenth century, with the birth of bacteriology, military medical researchers in Germany, the United Kingdom, and France were active in discovering the etiological agents of some diseases and in developing preventive vaccines. Emil von Behring, Ronald Ross and Charles Laveran, who were or served as military physicians, won the first, the second, and the seventh Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for discovering passive anti-diphtheria/tetanus immunotherapy and for identifying mosquito Anopheline as a malaria vector and plasmodium as its etiological agent, respectively. Meanwhile, Major Walter Reed in the United States of America discovered the mosquito vector of yellow fever, thus paving the way for its prevention by vector control. In this work, the military relevance of some vaccine-preventable and non-vaccine-preventable infectious diseases, as well as of biological weapons, and the military contributions to their control will be described. Currently, the civil–military medical collaboration is getting closer and becoming interdependent, from research and development for the prevention of infectious diseases to disasters and emergencies management, as recently demonstrated in Ebola and Zika outbreaks and the COVID-19 pandemic, even with the high biocontainment aeromedical evacuation, in a sort of global health diplomacy.

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“…Thus, a temporary single-dose MMR vaccination program was initiated without antibody testing for new recruits enlisting in basic training camps from April to June until recruits born after 1995 who had received 2-dose MMR vaccines joined the military. Despite high 2-dose MMR vaccine coverage, mumps outbreaks continue to occur in young adults and adolescents living in crowded environments such as military bases and schools ( 58 , 59 , 60 ). Mumps outbreaks in highly vaccinated populations might be due to multiple factors such as waning immunity, antigenic difference between vaccine and outbreak strains, or dense populations in schools ( 61 ).…”

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Vaccination Policy in Korean Armed Forces: Current Status and Future Challenge

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Infectious diseases have historically resulted in suspended or cancelled military operations. Vaccination for disease prevention is a critical component of the military's force readiness doctrine. Until recently, Korea had not recognized the importance of vaccinating military personnel. However, a 2011 meningococcal disease outbreak at an army recruit training center led to dramatic changes in the paradigm of traditional medical practice in the Korean armed forces. A new vaccination policy was formed by a 2012 Military Healthcare Service Act. Since then, Neisseria meningitidis, hepatitis A, and measles-mumps-rubella vaccines have been routinely administered to all new recruits early in basic training to ensure protection against these diseases. All active-duty soldiers also receive seasonal influenza vaccination annually. Despite quantitative improvements in vaccination policies, several instances of major infectious diseases and adverse vaccine reactions have threatened soldier health. In the future, vaccination policies in the Korean armed forces should be based on epidemiologic data and military medical research for vaccine use and safety management.

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Mumps among highly vaccinated people: Investigation of an outbreak in a French Military Parachuting Unit, 2013

Cited by 8 publications

References 7 publications

Vaccination of healthcare workers: A review

Vaccination of healthcare workers: A review

A Historical Review of Military Medical Strategies for Fighting Infectious Diseases: From Battlefields to Global Health

Vaccination Policy in Korean Armed Forces: Current Status and Future Challenge

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