Background. Shifts in peak measles incidence to children< 12 months old and the
associated high mortality support the study of an early 2-dose measles vaccine regimen …

Abstract Background. The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) is a South Pacific nation
freely associated with the United States. In 2003, the RMI experienced the largest measles …

Introduction Most infants are born with immunity to measles through maternal antibodies
transferred in pregnancy, which decay over time. However, in measles elimination settings …

Background. Given the high infant measles mortality rate, there is interest in whether a
measles immunization regimen beginning at< 12 months of age provides lasting immunity …

To determine seroconversion rates with measles-mumps-rubella vaccine administered to
children at 9, 12, or 15 months of age, we undertook a prospective randomized trial. Among …

Isolation of measles virus in tissue culture by Enders and colleagues in the 1960s led to the
development of the first measles vaccines. An inactivated vaccine provided only short-term …

Background Maternal antibodies, transported over the placenta during pregnancy,
contribute to the protection of infants from infectious diseases during the first months of life …

Abstract Background. From 2002 through 2006, Republic of Korea conducted extensive
measles elimination activities and declared elimination in 2006. An outbreak of measles …

Children aged 9–11, 12–14 or 15–17 months, respectively were vaccinated with a measles,
mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine and serum antibody responses and reactogenicity were …

Aerosol measles vaccination has been found to be more immunogenic than subcutaneous
administration as a booster in school aged children, and immunogenic in 12-month-old …