Comparison of measles IgG enzyme immunoassays (EIA) versus plaque reduction neutralization test (PRNT) for measuring measles serostatus: a systematic review of …

CS Lutz, AZ Hasan, S Bolotin, NS Crowcroft… - BMC infectious …, 2023 - Springer
Background As countries move towards or achieve measles elimination status,
serosurveillance is an important public health tool. However, a major challenge of …

How to understand “herd immunity” in COVID-19 pandemic

Y Xia, L Zhong, J Tan, Z Zhang, J Lyu… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a global threat. Through rapid and effective surveillance
and control, the newly confirmed patients have been fluctuated at a very low level and …

Vaccination-induced herd immunity: successes and challenges

ML Mallory, LC Lindesmith, RS Baric - Journal of Allergy and Clinical …, 2018 - jacionline.org
The World Health Organization estimates that global vaccination programs save 2 to 3
million lives per year by priming the immune system to protect against pathogenic threats …

[HTML][HTML] Plausibility of a third wave of COVID-19 in India: A mathematical modelling based analysis

S Mandal, N Arinaminpathy, B Bhargava… - Indian Journal of …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Methods: Using a deterministic, compartmental model of SARS-CoV-2 transmission, four
potential mechanisms for a third wave were examined:(i) waning immunity restores …

Classification of global measles cases in 2013–17 as due to policy or vaccination failure: a retrospective review of global surveillance data

MK Patel, WA Orenstein - The Lancet Global Health, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background Despite improvements in reported coverage of measles-containing vaccine
(MCV) and progress towards elimination of measles, 172 939 measles cases were reported …

Measles eradication—retreating is not an option

DN Durrheim - The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2020 - thelancet.com
Measles eradication is biologically and technically feasible, but suboptimal immunisation
programme performance, insufficient political commitment, overcautious global agencies …

Declining measles antibodies in the era of elimination: Australia's experience

HF Gidding, HE Quinn, L Hueston, DE Dwyer… - Vaccine, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Australia is one of only a few countries with a long-standing and consistent
serosurveillance program. We conducted a national serosurvey in 2012–2013 to estimate …

What is the evidence to support a correlate of protection for measles? A systematic review

S Bolotin, SL Hughes, N Gul, S Khan… - The Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background Many studies assume that the serologic correlate of protection from measles
disease is 120 mIU/mL. We systematically reviewed the literature to examine the evidence …

Emergence of attenuated measles illness among IgG-positive/IgM-negative measles cases: Victoria, Australia, 2008–2017

KB Gibney, LO Attwood, S Nicholson… - Clinical Infectious …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background Waning measles immunity among vaccinated individuals may result in an
attenuated illness. This study compares the epidemiological, clinical, and laboratory profile …

In elimination settings, measles antibodies wane after vaccination but not after infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis

S Bolotin, S Osman, SL Hughes… - The Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background We conducted a systematic review to assess whether measles humoral
immunity wanes in previously infected or vaccinated populations in measles elimination …