An investigation of the causes of failures in measles vaccination in early infancy

S Wu, X Xue, Y Zhang, S Sun, H Liu, J Li, B He… - Journal of biological …, 1982 - Elsevier
Among 854 infants, residual maternal antibodies against measles virus were detected in
35% at the age of 4–5 months, in 16% at 6–7 months and in less than 10% at 8 months or …

Measles virus specific antibody in infants in a highly vaccinated society

LWL Chui, RG Marusyk, HF Pabst - Journal of medical virology, 1991 - Wiley Online Library
Measles virus specific antibody levels were measured in infants from 2 to 12 months of age.
The sera were tested by hemagglutination‐inhibition (HI), neutralization (NT), and enzyme …

Reduced measles immunity in infants in a well-vaccinated population

HF PABST, DW SPADY, RG MARUSYK… - The Pediatric …, 1992 - journals.lww.com
The recommended age for measles vaccination is based in part on information gathered
when most mothers had natural measles. Nowadays many mothers have received measles …

Evidence for reinstatement of infants 12 to 14 months of age into routine measles immunization programs

J Wilkins, PF Wehrle - American journal of diseases of children, 1978 - jamanetwork.com
• The hemagglutination inhibition (HI) serologic responses of 851 measlessusceptible
infants and children to the live, further-attenuated measles virus vaccine were evaluated …

Separating the factors in measles vaccine failure

EO Ekunwe - Annals of tropical paediatrics, 1985 - Taylor & Francis
Three possible reasons for failure of measles vaccine were identified as follows:(a)
circulating maternal antibodies,(b) administration of non-viable vaccine, and (c) …

The influence of maternally derived antibody on the efficacy of further attenuated measles vaccine.

KE Stewien, V Barbosa, OS De Lima, K Osiro - Infection, 1978 - europepmc.org
The natural decline of passively acquired maternal antibody titers and the influence of these
antibodies on the efficacy of live, further attenuated measles vaccine were studied in 7 to 12 …

Persistence of maternal antibody in infants beyond 12 months: mechanism of measles vaccine failure

P Albrecht, FA Ennis, EJ Saltzman, S Krugman - The Journal of pediatrics, 1977 - Elsevier
A serologic study was made in 34 children immunized against measles at the age of 12
months. Using a sensitive virus neutralization test, it was found that many of the children had …

Age of measles immunization in tropics.

H Mirchamsy, A Shafyi, M Mahinpour… - Developments in …, 1978 - europepmc.org
Maternal immunity to measles was studied in a group of 500 newborn children and another
group of 500 children aged one to 12 months, before vaccination. The geometric mean titer …

Measles antibodies in women and infants in the vaccine era.

MA Kacica, PA Hughes, ML Lepow… - Journal of medical …, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
The present investigation was done to determine whether measles enzyme immune assay
(EIA) absorbency values were lower in women born in the vaccine era after 1963 and their …

Passive immunity against measles during the first 8 months of life of infants born to vaccinated mothers or to mothers who sustained measles

G De Serres, JR Joly, M Fauvel, F Meyer, B Mâsse… - Vaccine, 1997 - Elsevier
Neutralizing antibody titers of 47 infants whose mothers sustained measles (measles group)
and 70 whose mothers were vaccinated (vaccine group) were compared at birth, 4 and 8 …