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| Susan HahneSummaryAffiliation: National Institute for Public Health and the Environment Country: The Netherlands Publications
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Prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection in The Netherlands in 1996 and 2007S J M Hahné
Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Epidemiol Infect 140:1469-80. 2012..In FGMs, being of Asian origin was a risk factor. In second-generation migrants, having a foreign-born partner and injecting drug use were risk factors. FGMs are the main target group for secondary HBV prevention in The Netherlands...
Participation in and attitude towards the national immunization program in the Netherlands: data from population-based questionnairesLiesbeth Mollema
Centre for Infectious Disease Control Netherlands, RIVM, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
BMC Public Health 12:57. 2012..Further, we analyzed possible changes in opinion on vaccination over a 10 year period...
Prevention of perinatal hepatitis B virus transmission in the Netherlands, 2003-2007: children of Chinese mothers are at increased risk of breakthrough infectionSusan Hahne
Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment RIVM, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Vaccine 30:1715-20. 2012..All schedules included a birth dose of hepatitis B immunoglobuline (HBIg). We assessed determinants of perinatal HBV transmission and determinants of anti-HBs titers in infants born to HBsAg positive mothers...
Rubella outbreak in the Netherlands, 2004-2005: high burden of congenital infection and spread to CanadaSusan Hahne
Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment RIVM, The Netherlands
Pediatr Infect Dis J 28:795-800. 2009..In The Netherlands and Canada the measles, mumps, rubella vaccine coverage is high. In 2004 a rubella outbreak started in the Netherlands in a population subgroup with low coverage, with subsequent spread to Canada...
Hepatitis B virus transmission in The Netherlands: a population-based, hierarchical case-control study in a very low-incidence countryS J M Hahné
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment RIVM, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Epidemiol Infect 136:184-95. 2008..For adult females and heterosexual males, this was largely explained by having a foreign partner. For children this was partly explained by parenteral exposures abroad...
Effectiveness of antibiotics given before admission in reducing mortality from meningococcal disease: systematic reviewSusan J M Hahné
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment RIVM, Bilthoven, Netherlands
BMJ 332:1299-303. 2006..To review the evidence for effectiveness of treatment with antibiotics before admission in reducing case fatality from meningococcal disease...
Large ongoing rubella outbreak in religious community in the Netherlands since September 2004Susan Hahne
Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu RIVM, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Euro Surveill 10:E050303.2. 2005
Rubella outbreak in an unvaccinated religious community in the Netherlands spreads to CanadaSusan Hahne
Centre for Infectious Disease Control, Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu RIVM, The Netherlands
Euro Surveill 10:E050519.1. 2005
Mumps outbreak among vaccinated university students associated with a large party, the Netherlands, 2010Katie Greenland
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, RIVM, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Vaccine 30:4676-80. 2012..High coverage of MMR vaccination in childhood did not prevent an outbreak of mumps in this student population...
Effectiveness and impact of hepatitis B virus vaccination of children with at least one parent born in a hepatitis B virus endemic country: an early assessmentJan A C Hontelez
RIVM, Centre for Infectious Disease Control, PO Box 1, Bilthoven 3720 BA, The Netherlands
J Epidemiol Community Health 64:890-4. 2010..To determine the effectiveness and impact of the Dutch childhood hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccination policy targeted at children with at least one parent born in a HBV endemic country...
Seroprevalence of mumps in The Netherlands: dynamics over a decade with high vaccination coverage and recent outbreaksGaby Smits
Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and Screening, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
PLoS ONE 8:e58234. 2013..Indeed, in 2007/2008 an outbreak has occurred in the low vaccination coverage groups emphasizing the predictive value of serosurveillance studies...
Assessment of serological evidence for mumps virus infection in vaccinated childrenSabine Dittrich
Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Vaccine 29:9271-5. 2011..7% based on clinical symptoms among vaccinated children. This finding has important implications when studying transmission patterns, strain virulence, as well as mumps vaccine effectiveness to protect from infection rather than disease...
Estimation of measles vaccine efficacy and critical vaccination coverage in a highly vaccinated populationMichiel van Boven
Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
J R Soc Interface 7:1537-44. 2010..971, 95% credible interval: 0.961-0.978). We discuss the implications for measles elimination from highly vaccinated populations...
The epidemiology of varicella and herpes zoster in The Netherlands: implications for varicella zoster virus vaccinationHester de Melker
Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, P O Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Vaccine 24:3946-52. 2006..Insight into epidemiology of varicella zoster is needed for the assessment of the desirability of introduction of routine varicella zoster vaccination...
A cost-utility analysis of antenatal screening to prevent congenital rubella syndromeA K Lugnér
RIVM Centre for Infectious Disease Control, Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Epidemiol Infect 138:1172-84. 2010..The programme would be cost-effective (euro1100/QALY gained) when assuming an acceptability of vaccination of 20% in women belonging to orthodox protestant risk groups...
Immunogenicity of a hexavalent vaccine co-administered with 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. Findings from the National Immunisation Programme in The NetherlandsJane Whelan
Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Hum Vaccin Immunother 8:743-8. 2012..Despite very high rates of seroconversion for the HBV component of Infanrix hexa, its long term immunogenicity and effectiveness should be monitored after concomitant vaccination...
Estimation of vaccine efficacy and critical vaccination coverage in partially observed outbreaksMichiel van Boven
Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
PLoS Comput Biol 9:e1003061. 2013..In these populations, it is estimated that almost two infections can be prevented per vaccination. We discuss the implications for the optimal control of mumps in heterogeneously vaccinated populations...
Air travel as a risk factor for introduction of measles in a highly vaccinated populationRobert S van Binnendijk
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Vaccine 26:5775-7. 2008....
Antenatal screening for HIV, hepatitis B and syphilis in the Netherlands is effectiveEline L M Op de Coul
Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
BMC Infect Dis 11:185. 2011..Here, we describe the evaluation of the effectiveness of antenatal screening in the Netherlands for 2006-2008 for HIV, hepatitis B virus (HBV) and syphilis in preventing mother-to-child transmission, by using various data sources...
Transmission of novel influenza A(H1N1) in households with post-exposure antiviral prophylaxisMichiel van Boven
Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
PLoS ONE 5:e11442. 2010..These are widely believed to be key in supporting propagating spread, and it is therefore of importance to assess the transmission levels of the virus in such settings...
Measles outbreak, the Netherlands, 2008Susan Hahne
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment RIVM, Bilthoven, the Netherlands S Hahne, L Mollema, C Swaan, H de Melker, R van Binnendijk Municipal Health Service, The Hague, the Netherlands E van Velzen, E de Coster and Municipal Health Service, Utrecht, the Netherlands M J M te Wierik
Emerg Infect Dis 16:567-9. 2010..This outbreak was the largest measles outbreak in the Netherlands since 1999-2000, when >/=3,200 cases, including 3 deaths, were reported (2)...
