Objective: To determine the concentration and rate of decay of maternal IgG antibodies
against measles prevalence in infants of vaccinated or naturally infected mothers and study …

Background: Despite the declining trends in measles cases corresponding to an increase in
routine measles immunization coverage, measles outbreaks occur in some isolated areas in …

Background Resurgence or outbreak of measles recently occurred in both developed and
developing countries despite long-standing widespread use of measles vaccine. Measles …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Infants are protected from measles infection by maternal
measles antibodies (MMA). The level of these MMA at birth in newborn children depends on …

Introduction: Measles is an endemic but largely neglected disease in Lao People's
Democratic Republic. New-borns are protected by maternal antibodies, but antibody waning …

Background Many measles cases in Tianjin, China, occur in infants whose mothers were
born after widespread vaccination programs. We assessed age-specific decreases in …

Prior to the age of measles vaccination, infants are believed to be protected against measles
by passively transferred maternal antibodies. However, the quantity and quality of such …

Background: The authors have added the second dose of measles vaccine to children aged
18 months since 1997 because of the measles outbreaks in Nan province in 1993-1994 …

Background Passively acquired maternal antibodies are necessary to protect infants against
circulating measles virus until they reach the eligible age of vaccination. Likewise, high …

Measles vaccination is currently recommended at 9 months, since maternal antibodies are
supposed to protect infants until that age. In this study of 6‐month‐old Malawian infants …