Seroprotection to five vaccine-preventable diseases among children in East New Britain, Papua New Guinea
Stefanie Vaccher, Maria Ome-Kaius, Daisy Mantila, Damitha Rakuafery, Milena Dalton, Clare Valaki, Pele Melepia, Patrick Kiromat, Elsie Stanley, Edward Waramin, Michelle JL Scoullar, Moses Laman, Fiona Angrisano, Leanne J Robinson · 2026
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Stefanie Vaccher and colleagues measure vaccine protection levels in young children of Papua New Guinea's East New Britain province, in a 2026 field study. Coverage there ranks among the world's lowest for basic childhood vaccines. The team recruited 379 children aged ten to twenty-three months across five local areas chosen for high numbers of unvaccinated and partly vaccinated children.
Parents gave consent, child health books were reviewed, and dried blood spots were collected at enrollment. A multiplex bead assay then measured antibodies against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, measles, and rubella in one run. Comparing those levels with World Health Organization protection standards pinpoints immunity gaps that record-based coverage figures alone would miss.
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| CREATOR | Stefanie Vaccher, Maria Ome-Kaius, Daisy Mantila, Damitha Rakuafery, Milena Dalton, Clare Valaki, Pele Melepia, Patrick Kiromat, Elsie Stanley, Edward Waramin, Michelle JL Scoullar, Moses Laman, Fiona Angrisano, Leanne J Robinson |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 10 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |