A serosurvey evaluation of the school‐based measles ‘catch‐up’ immunisation campaign in Victorian school‐aged children

Objective: To determine the proportion of Victorian primary school students protected against measles infection one year after the completion of the measles ’catch‐up’ immunisation campaign of 1998 and to compare this with the proportion of year 9 and 10 (aged 14–16 years) students.

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