Measles immunisation.

Measles immunisation: time to close the gap.

A measles epidemic controlled by immunisation.

AIM In 1997, an immunisation campaign, using measles-mumps-rubella vaccine, was planned for children aged 2-10 years to prevent a measles epidemic predicted by mathematical modelling. The epidemic started before the campaign and is described here. METHOD Measles hospitalisation, notification and laboratory data were combined. RESULTS The epidemic started in April 1997 and was largely over b...

Measles immunisation: why have we failed?

Measles is still a significant cause of illness in British children although a safe and effective vaccine has been available here since 1968. 1982 was a particularly bad year with a steep increase in the notification rate of measles that probably represents only a fraction of the real incidence. Thousands of children have been ill; many have had troublesome complications; and a few may even hav...

Measles immunisation: feasibility of a 90% target uptake.

A three part investigation of the factors that might influence uptake of immunisation was carried out in Maidstone Health Authority; this included studies of the computer system and attitudes of parents and professionals. Several problems with immunisation scheduling, information transfer between general practitioners and clinics and the computer centre, and validity of computer information wer...

Measles-mumps-rubella immunisation, autism and inflammatory bowel disease: update.

Early last year we reported on a study by Wakefield and colleagues which suggested there may be an association between measles containing vaccine, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and autism. The evidence for either association was very weak and the study was conducted on a highly selected group of subjects. Since then several epidemiological investigations have found no evidence for any associ...