The nearly 40-year long debate on the relevance of secondary measles vaccination failure
has been inconclusive because a feasible method for the assessment of the duration of …

In countries where measles vaccine is widely available, serious complications and measles
deaths are rare. The highest mortality is found in the poorest countries. Massive efforts to …

We have identified the major cellular endoprotease that activates the fusion (F) glycoprotein
of measles virus (MV) and have engineered a serine protease inhibitor (serpin) to target the …

Background. Since 1990, most US schoolchildren have received a second dose of measles-
mumps-rubella vaccine (MMR2) at kindergarten entry. The objective of the present study …

A strategy of home visits to maximize children's immunization coverage was implemented in
three towns in Ghana. The strategy was tested in town 1 in a controlled trial where clusters of …

France has recently witnessed a nationwide outbreak of measles. Data on severe forms of
measles in adults are lacking. We sought to describe the epidemiologic, clinical, treatment …

Sanitation, food control, vaccines, and antibiotics have reduced the toll of communicable
diseases, saving millions of lives. Smallpox was eradicated in 1977, and poliomyelitis …

Helicobacter pylori is a Gram-negative, spiral-shaped microorganism associated with acute
and chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer, gastric cancer and gastric lymphomas in humans. H. pylori …

Serological evidence indicates that measles virus (MV) could circulate in seropositive, fully
protected populations. Among individuals fully protected against disease, those prone to …

The correlates of long-term protection from measles infection are poorly understood. We
followed the development of measles-specific antibody and lymphoproliferative (LP) …