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. 2018 Apr 7;187(9):2002–2010. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwy082

Table 2.

Model Predictions of the Sizes and Durations of Measles Outbreaks in an Amish Community in Ohio in 2014, With and Without a Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccination Campaigna, and Based on 2 Initial Levels (Lower and Upper Bounds) of Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine Coverage Prior to Initiation of Containment Efforts

Assumed MMR Vaccine Coverageb No. of Measles Case-Patientsc Duration of Measles Outbreakc Absolute Reduction in No. of Case-Patients and Duration of Outbreak
Vaccination Campaign Not Included Vaccination Campaign Included Vaccination Campaign Not Included Vaccination Campaign Included
No. of Patients 90% CI No. of Patients 90% CI Duration, days 90% CI Duration, days 90% CI No. of Patients 90% CI Duration, days 90% CI
14% (lower bound) 18,978 18,944, 19,003 9,430 9,109, 9,844 213 195, 241 257 201, 308 9,548 9,128, 9,866 −44 −95, 22
68% (upper bound) 8,472 8,447, 8,489 715 103, 1,338 195 179, 223 128 117, 139 7,757 7,130, 8,365 67 48, 98

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; MMR, measles-mumps-rubella.

a County health department clinics offering MMR vaccination were held from day 30 to day 123 of the outbreak; first doses of MMR were delivered to 8,726 unvaccinated persons.

b ≥1-dose MMR coverage.

c Median values and 90% CIs generated from 500 model simulations.