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A Novel Application of Surveillance Algorithms in Childhood Immunization Program Monitoring
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In this paper we investigate the use of the CUSUM algorithm on retrospective MMR and Pentacel (DTaP-IPV-Hib) immunization data to determine if this type of surveillance tool is useful for measuring changes in immunization rates.… past, sudden and prolonged decreases of MMR immunization due to fears of vaccine safety have lead to widespread … algorithm showed that at no time in the study period did the MMR immunization counts drop below the lower … this particular region. The counts for Pentacel however did have a significant and sustained drop beginning in …