An assessment of
mumps vaccine effectiveness by dose during an outbreak in Canada.
The rationale for offering vaccination to the entire prison population was based on effectiveness data for
mumps vaccine and extrapolation from existing guidelines for management of a mumps outbreak.
Worried mums and dads had been able to get kids separate jags for measles, mumps and rubella until Merck announced they had stopped making the
mumps vaccine. Martha Cox, of Wellcare private health clinics, thinks the decision was driven by the Government.
The
mumps vaccine is one-third of a shot called the MMR vaccine, which also prevents measles and rubella.
He also suggests that the
mumps vaccine is less effective as part of MMR, than the single jab.
Available data from these eight states show that about 43% of the cases had received two doses of
mumps vaccine, Dr.
The
mumps vaccine should be given at 12-15 months and again at 4-6 years.
started decreasing after the use of
mumps vaccine began in 1967 and children were vaccinated routinely in 1977 and thereafter.
She said: "For those of us who were trying to get our children to have separate vaccinations, the vaccine that there was a shortage of was the
mumps vaccine."
A spokesman for Direct Health 2000 said: ``There has been a gradual increase simply because they there isn't any vaccine available at the moment and it will continue to increase until the
mumps vaccine supply starts again.
We haven't had any of the
mumps vaccine for a couple of months but the next supply is due in September and October.'