BACKGROUND Measles is a highly contagious viral infection. Measles transmission can be prevented through high population immunity (>or=95%) achieved by measles vaccination. In the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), no measles cases were reported during 1989-2002; however, a large measles outbreak occurred in 2003. Reported 1-dose measles vaccine coverage among children aged 12-23 months va...

INDIAN PEDIATRICS 555 VOLUME 43__JUNE 17, 2006 Measles is rightly called as captain of killer team in India. We used to see measles cases mostly between 1 to 3 years of age group and mumps in school going children. Morbidity due to measles and mumps is very well known. Nowadays there is distinct change in the measles and mumps disease pattern due to measles and MMR vaccination. Both these vacci...

BACKGROUND Information on measles vaccine effectiveness (VE) is critical to help inform policies for future global measles control goals. METHODS We reviewed results of VE studies published during 1960-2010. RESULTS Seventy papers with 135 VE point estimates were identified. For a single dose of vaccine administered at 9-11 months of age and ≥12 months, the median VE was 77.0% (interquartil...

Background: Despite a global decline in mortality and morbidity from measles in the last decade, outbreaks continue to occur in some parts of the world including Nigeria. Objective: To determine antibody response to routine measles vaccination in Nigerian children and evaluate vaccine potency. Methods: A prospective study of 234 children selected from 3 health centres in an urban area of Lagos,...

It is well recognised that boys and girls differ with respect to morbidity, for instance boys more often suffer from respiratory infections and asthma, whereas girls are more susceptible to celiac disease and insulin resistance/type II diabetes. Nonetheless, there are very few studies which have addressed the potential differences in boys’ and girls’ immune systems. From our perspective of long...

     Measles is a highly contagious disease. By the end of 2013, 84% of children had received at least a single dose of measles vaccine by their second birthday, and 148 countries had included a second dose as part of routine immunization. In 2002, the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education developed a comprehensive strategy to eliminate Measles including mass immunization campaign fo...

IMPORTANCE The first dose of live attenuated measles-containing vaccines is associated with an increased risk of febrile seizures 7 to 10 days following immunization among 12- to 23-month-old children. The combination measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella vaccine is associated with a 2-fold increased risk of febrile seizures 7 to 10 days following immunization compared with the separately admi...

Measles is the most transmissible infectious disease known n humans, and remains one of the top causes of death in chilren worldwide. Even in highly developed countries, measles ills approximately three of every 1000 persons infected. While o treatment exists for measles, prevention in the form of accination has been available since the 1960s. Despite the sigificant global morbidity and mortali...

BACKGROUND In many developing countries measles is a leading cause of childhood morbidity and mortality. Despite of vaccination thousands of children have been infected by measles virus during last couple of years in Pakistan. The objective of this study was to determine the measles vaccination coverage rate and frequency of measles among vaccinated children of age 1.5-3 years in rural communit...

During a measles vaccine trial in a rural area of Senegal, antibody status was examined within 10 days of exposure for 228 previously vaccinated and 313 unvaccinated children more than 12 months old who were exposed to measles at home. Thirty-six percent of the children developed clinical measles, the clinical diagnosis being confirmed for 135 of the 137 children from whom 2 blood samples were ...