title: Strategies for Coordination of a Serosurvey in Parallel with an Immunization Coverage Survey.
abstract: A community-based immunization coverage survey is the standard way to estimate effective vaccination delivery to a target population in a region. Accompanying serosurveys can provide objective measures of protective immunity against vaccine-preventable diseases but pose considerable challenges with respect to specimen collection and preservation and community compliance. We performed serosurveys coupled to immunization coverage surveys in three administrative districts (woredas) in rural Ethiopia. Critical to the success of this effort were serosurvey equipment and supplies, team composition, and tight coordination with the coverage survey. Application of these techniques to future studies may foster more widespread use of serosurveys to derive more objective assessments of vaccine-derived seroprotection and monitor and compare the performance of immunization services in different districts of a country.
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Travassos
authors.forename: Berhane
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Beyene
authors.forename: Zenaw
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Adam
authors.forename: James D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.forename: Nigisti
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mulholland
authors.forename: Seydou S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Diarra
authors.forename: Tassew
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kassa
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Oot
authors.forename: Jenny
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sequeira
authors.forename: Mardi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Reymann
authors.forename: William C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Blackwelder
authors.forename: Marcela F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Pasetti
authors.forename: Samba O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Sow
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Steinglass
authors.forename: Amha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kebede
authors.forename: Myron M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Levine
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D005002:Ethiopia; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization; D017589:Immunization Programs / Q000379:methods*; D007223:Infant; D012040:Regional Health Planning / Q000379:methods*; D012424:Rural Population; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014612:Vaccines
chemical_list: D014612:Vaccines