A prospective study was undertaken from April 1988 to April 1989, to assess the diarrheal and respiratory complications of measles. Standard definitions were used for the cases, Measles Associated Diarrhea (MAD) and Measles Related Pneumonia (MRP). Children with diarrhea not related to measles were recruited for comparison for MAD. There was a total of 454 cases, measles 53 (11.7%), measles ass...

In Canada, measles was eliminated in 1998 and rubella in 2000. Effective measles and rubella surveillance is vital in elimination settings, hinging on reliable laboratory methods. However, low-prevalence settings affect the predictive value of laboratory tests. We conducted an analysis to determine the performance of measles and rubella IgM testing in a jurisdiction where both infections are el...

In 2012, the World Health Assembly endorsed the Global Vaccine Action Plan with the objective to eliminate measles in four World Health Organization (WHO) regions by 2015. Member states of all six WHO regions have adopted measles elimination goals. In 2010, the World Health Assembly established three milestones for 2015: 1) increase routine coverage with the first dose of measles-containing vac...

Measles transmission occurs readily in health care facilities such as general practices and hospitals. It can not only lead to measles in other patients at the facilities but also to measles in medical and nursing staff. In the recent (1999) measles outbreak in Victoria, four of the 62 cases were health care workers. 1 A further obvious concern in health care facilities is that those exposed ma...

Measles is the most important cause of vaccine-preventable death in the world. In 1998, there were an estimated 30 million measles cases and 880,000 measles-associated deaths worldwide with 85 per cent of deaths occurring in Africa and South East Asia. 1 In recent years a dramatic reduction in measles incidence and the elimination of endemic measles transmission has been achieved in a number of...

Background There has been a resurgence of measles infection in countries with high vaccination rates, including Malaysia. Understanding the geographical variation and associated factors is important for prevention control programs, especially where local information scarce.
 Objective To determine incidence laboratory-confirmed state Melaka, southern region Malaysia.
 Methods We obtai...

Introduction Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is a serious, late complication of measles, and the prognosis remains poor in absence effective treatment, underscoring role vaccination its prevention. Objectives We describe clinicobiological evolutionary profile 16 patients recruited from B chu de Constantine pediatric department. Patients methods Study of16 cases: epidemiological, clin...

Even high levels of measles vaccination coverage have not always prevented outbreaks of measles spread by airborne transmission. It has been suggested that a large inoculum might increase vaccine failure risk. Airbome transmission might occasionally entail a large measles inoculum. The epidemiologic relevance of measles among properly vaccinated persons (i.e., those vaccinated after 15 months o...

BACKGROUND Shifts in peak measles incidence to children <12 months old and the associated high mortality support the study of an early 2-dose measles vaccine regimen. METHODS Fifty-five infants were vaccinated with measles vaccine at age 6 (n=32) or 9 (n=23) months, followed by measles-mumps-rubella (MMR)-II vaccine at age 12 months. A control group received MMR-II only at age 12 months. Meas...