Pregnant women and measles: we need to be vigilant during outbreaks

A Khalil, A Samara, C Campbell, SN Ladhani - EClinicalMedicine, 2024 - thelancet.com
A number of countries including the UK are currently experiencing large outbreaks of
measles affecting mainly young children but also adolescents and young adults. Women of …

Measles immunity status in Iranian infants and children and outbreak concerns: Time for reconsidering the vaccination schedule?

B Pourakbari, SA Talesh, S Mahmoudi, M Sotoudeh… - Vaccine, 2024 - Elsevier
Introduction: Measles vaccination has greatly reduced the disease burden worldwide, but
challenges remain due to variations in vaccine effectiveness across age groups. This study …

[HTML][HTML] Measles Seroprevalence and Related Factors in Women Aged 15–49 Years Old, in Mersin, Turkey

BNB Yalcın, CT Sasmaz - Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: If the mother is immune to measles, the infant is protected against measles
infection after birth with maternal immunity. Therefore, the mother's immunity to measles is …

Measles Serostatus in Mothers and Their Newborns in Antioquia, Colombia: Implications for Measles Elimination

E Santacruz-Sanmartin… - … American Journal of …, 2022 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
To describe the serostatus of measles IgG antibodies in pregnant women and newborns,
placental transfer, and factors that determine being below the threshold of 150 mIU/mL, a …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating Measles Incidence Rates Using Machine Learning and Time Series Methods in the Center of Iran, 1997–2020

J Nazari, PS Fathi, N Sharahi, M Taheri… - Iranian Journal of …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Measles is a feverish condition labeled among the most infectious viral
illnesses in the globe. Despite the presence of a secure, accessible, affordable and efficient …

Measles immunity gap among reproductive-age women participating in a simulated HIV vaccine efficacy trial in Zambia

K Malama, A Tichacek, H Kelly, R Parker… - Human Vaccines & …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Measles is a vaccine-preventable viral disease whose vaccination coverage remains low in
Zambia, where the target group for vaccination is children aged 9 to 18 months. In addition …

Inadequate protection against measles and rubella among pregnant women in Greece during the last measles outbreak

S Papailiou, A Soldatou, A Marmarinos… - Journal of …, 2022 - journalofinfection.com
We read with great interest the article by Jaafar et al.(1), which provides epidemiological and
genetic data about wild-type measles virus circulating in France during the last measles …

A reemergência do sarampo no brasil: falha da cobertura vacinal

MEG Peixoto, ACF Neves… - … Ibero-Americana de …, 2022 - periodicorease.pro.br
Measles is a highly contagious viral disease that can evolve with complications and deaths.
The vaccination is the only effective measure to reduce or eliminate the disease. In 2018, in …

Viral Infections

CA Harwood, JC Sterling - Rook's Textbook of Dermatology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Viruses can cause disease in the skin or mucosa by direct infection or, via a systemic
infection, produce secondary skin abnormalities. The chapter reviews the viruses associated …

Perfil TORCH, seroprevalencia y diagnóstico de laboratorio en gestantes

JT Moreira-Moreira, JE Castro-Jalca… - …, 2023 - investigarmqr.com
Las infecciones TORCH (Toxoplasma gondii [TOX], citomegalovirus [CMV], virus de la
rubéola [RV] y virus del herpes simple [HSV]) representa una serie de patógenos que se …