Introduction Deterioration of socio-economic conditions in Ukraine created a threat of the spread of communicable diseases, including vaccine preventable diseases [1]. Children in Ukraine routinely receive two doses of the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine according to the national immunization schedule. Measles is targeted for elimination in Ukraine [2]. But now Ukraine crisis carries signif...

measles is a highly contagious viral disease that remains an important cause of mortality among children despite the availability of a safe and effective vaccine around the world. we aimed this study to show a measles out-break occurring.in early 2012, a report of measles outbreak was recorded on center for disease control (cdc) of fars province, south of iran. with this case-series study, char...

OBJECTIVES As international estimates of the effectiveness of post-exposure prophylaxis of measles vary, we sought to determine the effectiveness of post-exposure prophylaxis with either vaccine or immunoglobulin in susceptible persons with known measles contact. METHODS Data were obtained on all cases of measles notified in NSW between 1 March and 31 May 2006 and their contacts. The effectiv...

In 2002, the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for the European Region (EUR) revised earlier targets to eliminate indigenous measles and achieve rubella control by resolving to 1) eliminate both diseases in EUR member states by 2010, using a combination of routine and supplementary immunization strategies, and 2) monitor progress toward this goal through improved surveillance. ...

The case for global eradication of measles was first made in 1982. Since then, technical aspects of measles eradication have concluded that measles satisfied all criteria required for eradication. To date, only smallpox, among human diseases, has been eradicated, with polio, the next eradication candidate. In all previous eradication programmes, the pattern of slow implementation and missed dea...

Passively acquired antibody may interfere with the active antibody response to live viral vaccines such as measles and rubella. To evaluate the duration of this inhibitory effect, we measured the measles and rubella antibody responses of Apache children immunized with measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine at varying intervals after administration of an immune globulin termed bacterial polysacchar...

OBJECTIVE Currently available measles vaccines are administered by subcutaneous injections and require reconstitution with a diluent and a cold chain, which is resource intensive and challenging to maintain. To overcome these challenges and potentially increase vaccination coverage, microneedle patches are being developed to deliver the measles vaccine. This study compares the cost-effectivenes...

The index case was a 25-year-old female employed as a patient service assistant in a large metropolitan private hospital. She developed a fever on 2 April and a rash on the following day. There was no history of recent travel, contact with a person with a rash, illness, previous measles or measles vaccination. On 13 April her 20-year-old brother (case 3) who resided in the same household presen...

Any decision to modify measles immunization strategies away from the use of the conventional vaccine given to children at 9 months of age to the adoption of recently proposed vaccine strains that can be given to 4-6-month-olds will depend on the age distribution of severe cases of measles in the community. Reported are the results of an analysis of two community-based measles surveillance syste...

201 blood samples were collected by cluster sampling from 7-11 years old children and measles antibody titer was measured by hemagglutination inhibition test. despite testing all the sera, the results were analysed on the 139 samples that had documented vaccination records and no history of measles. among 139 children 44 had received 2 doses of vaccine one dose before 12 and one after 15 months...