Abstract Background In 2010, India accounted for 65,500 (47%) of the 139,300 measles-
related deaths that occurred globally. Data on the quality of age-appropriate measles …

BACKGROUND: Infants are often assumed to be immune to measles through maternal
antibodies transferred during pregnancy and, in many countries, receive their first measles …

The optimal age for measles vaccination is an important health issue, since maternal
antibodies may neutralize the vaccine antigen before a specific immune response develops …

Background Measles is a highly contagious viral infection. Measles transmission can be
prevented through high population immunity (≥ 95%) achieved by measles vaccination. In …

Life attenuated measles vaccines have dramatically reduced measles morbidity and
mortality world-wide. Despite high vaccination coverage, measles outbreaks continue to …

A measles epidemic with 2255 reported cases occurred in Poland between November 1997
and July 1998, despite high vaccination coverage since the 1980s. Cases occurred at all …

Background The estimates of risk of malaria in early childhood are imprecise given the
current entomologic and parasitological tools. Thus, the utility of anti-Anopheles salivary …

Background China is approaching measles elimination, but indigenous measles still
circulates. County L in China has reported measles-containing vaccine (MCV) coverage …

To estimate the sero-prevalence of protective maternal measles antibodies among young
infants and examine patterns of waning immunity in one of the poorest provinces in China …

Considerable numbers of measles cases occur below the target age for vaccination in the
Indian sub-continent. The immunogenicity of measles vaccine in infancy is dependent on the …