title: [Epidemic outbreak of parotiditis in a school population and efficacy of antiparotiditis vaccination].
abstract: We report an epidemic outbreak of parotiditis in Villafranca del Cid (Castellón) in 1987. The overall number of cases was 104, of which 96 were schoolchildren aged 9.4 +/- 8 years. The attack rates were 3.5% for the town population and 41.9% for schoolchildren at risk. Ninety-two patients had not received parotiditis vaccination. The effectiveness of parotiditis vaccine was 86.0% (95% confidence limits: 63.5%-94.6%) for schoolchildren. To erradicate parotiditis it is suggested that vaccination should be carried out in all children at risk, not previously vaccinated, at the beginning of the school term, and/or revaccination at ages 6-12 years with triple viral vaccine.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arnedo Pena
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Monfort Pitarch
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Safont Adsuara
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009107:Mumps / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D009108:Mumps Vaccine; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D009108:Mumps Vaccine
vernacular_title: Epidemia de parotiditis en una población escolar y eficacia de la vacunación antiparotiditis.