Vol. 14 No. 1–2 17 6. Hull BP, McIntyre PB, Heath TC, Sayer GP. Measuring immunisation coverage in Australia. A review of the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register. Aust Fam Physician 1999;28:55–60. 7. Gilbert GL, Escott RG, Gidding HF, et al. Impact of the Australian Measles Control Campaign on immunity to measles and rubella. Epidemiol Infect 2001;127:297–303. 8. Gay NJ, Hesketh LM, Morg...

Background: Even though the annual incidence rate of measles has dramatically decreased in industrialised countries since the implementation of universal immunisation programmes, cases continue to occur in countries where endemic measles transmission has been interrupted and in countries where adequate levels of immunisation coverage have not been maintained. The objective of this study is to d...

the results showed success of the health system to detect suspected cases of the measles and appropriate sampling from suspected cases that were more than expected. in addition, per every one million population of iran in 2014, 1.27 of cases of measles were reported; that a numbers of confirmed cases observed in afghan refugees. low levels of immunization coverage in eastern neighboring countri...

antibody detection is the most versatile and commonly used method for measles diagnosis. detection of specific igm antibodies in a single serum specimen collected within the appropriate time after rash onset can provide a good presumptive diagnosis of current or recent measles infection and is the test of choice for rapid diagnosis of measles cases. so, optimal timing for collection of a single...

BACKGROUND Despite significant advances in measles control, large epidemics occurred in many African countries in 2009 - 2011, including South Africa. South Africa's control strategy includes mass vaccination campaigns about every 4 years, the last of which was conducted nationally in April 2010 and coincided with the epidemic. AIM A community survey was conducted in the Western Cape to asses...

Background: To date, 36 years has passed since the beginning of measles vaccination; the disease is still circulating around the world, threatening lives of human beings especially in developing countries.  In recent years, we have confronted measles in previously vaccinated adults from all over the country. Objective: To find out if there is a need for changing our routine measles vaccination ...

This paper uses relatively simple and deterministic mathematical models to examine the impact that different immunization policies have on the age-specific incidence of rubella and measles. Following earlier work by Knox (1980) and others, we show that immunization programmes can, under some circumstances, increase the total number of cases among older age groups; the implications for the overa...

has developed a global plan for accelerated measles control which calls for implementation of a strategy based on that used to successfully control measles in the Americas—a 'catch-up' campaign providing measles vaccine to all children (usually 9 months [or 1 year] to 14 years of age) regardless of prior history of immunization or disease, followed by high levels of routine coverage with measle...

Objective There is conflicting evidence in recent literature about whether the incidence of schizophrenia increasing or decreasing. A role for prenatal and early childhood viral infections aetiology has also been debated. We examined catatonic subtype over a 30-year period Finland. investigated rate was linked to changes exposure infection (polio measles) during infant period. Methods Persons w...