The effectiveness of vaccination against measles, the leading cause of vaccine-preventable
deaths in infants globally, is greatly impacted by the level of maternal antibody to measles …

This paper reviews literature on passively transferred maternal antibodies against measles
in infants. The amount and decay of these antibodies can be a result of changing patterns in …

This report is a compendium of all current recommendations for the prevention of measles,
rubella, congenital rubella syndrome (CRS), and mumps. The report presents the recent …

Objective To investigate the duration of the presence of maternal antibodies to measles in
infants. Design Prospective study (May 2006 to November 2008). Setting Five hospitals in …

Many live-attenuated vaccines for measles virus have been developed using either the
prototype Edmonston strain or other locally isolated measles strains. The attenuation …

Abstract The Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) of the World Health Organization
has a global target of reducing measles incidence by 90% and mortality by 95% from pre …

Abstract Miller C (PHLS Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, 61 Colindale Avenue,
London NW9 5EQ, UK), Farrington CP and Harbert K. The epidemiology of subacute …

This study was conducted to evaluate factors affecting the levels of total IgG (tIgG) and
measles specific IgG (mIgG) in mother and cord sera, and the efficiency of transplacental …

Maternal, cord and infant measles antibody levels were measured and compared in a group
of 411 vaccinated mothers and 240 unvaccinated mothers, and their babies, between 1983 …

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