Can early measles vaccination control both measles and respiratory syncytial virus infections?

LAH Do, ZQ Toh, PV Licciardi… - The Lancet Global …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Measles virus and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are two important global health
pathogens causing substantial morbidity and mortality worldwide. The current measles …

[HTML][HTML] Worrying global decline in measles immunisation

P Venkatesan - The Lancet Microbe, 2022 - thelancet.com
Measles is one of the most contagious serious viral diseases, with a basic reproduction
number between 12 and 18, but is almost completely preventable through vaccination. In the …

Measles immunisation gaps in Africa

S Bagcchi - The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2021 - thelancet.com
Last year, immunisation drives for measles were delayed in 15 countries in Africa due to the
COVID-19 pandemic, WHO said in a statement on April 22, 2021. 16· 6 million children did …

Measles is now “an imminent threat” globally, WHO and CDC warn

G Iacobucci - 2022 - bmj.com
Falling vaccination rates and reduced surveillance during the covid-19 pandemic have
created an “imminent threat” of measles spreading in every region of the world, the World …

The price of delaying measles eradication

DN Durrheim, NS Crowcroft - The Lancet Public Health, 2017 - thelancet.com
On September 27, 2016, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) verified that the
Americas had eliminated endemic measles transmission. 1 This phenomenal achievement …

Measles vaccination: no time to rest

A Melegaro - The Lancet Global Health, 2019 - thelancet.com
The 2018 assessment report of the Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP) 1 stressed the need
to ensure continuity in vaccination programmes “to maintain its [the immunisation …

Comparing the tradeoffs of measles vaccine delivery strategies

AC Carcelen, AK Winter - The Lancet Global Health, 2023 - thelancet.com
Measles elimination is theoretically uncomplicated because of safe and highly effective
measles-containing vaccines (MCVs) that provide lifelong protection. However, measles …

Measles: the long walk to elimination drawn out by COVID-19

E Gignoux, L Esso, Y Boum - The Lancet Global Health, 2021 - thelancet.com
In his book Long Walk to Freedom, Nelson Mandela highlighted that “a nation should not be
judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but it's lowest ones”. 1 Measles virus serves as …

[HTML][HTML] Progress toward measles elimination—worldwide, 2000–2022

AA Minta - MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2023 - cdc.gov
Measles is a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable disease that requires high population
immunity for transmission to be interrupted. All six World Health Organization regions have …

[引用][C] Global surge in measles should be “a wake-up call”

E Holt - The Lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
World governments are being urged to do more to reverse a dramatic global rise in
incidence and mortality from measles. Last week, WHO said there had been nearly 10 …