Neutralizing antibody titers of 47 infants whose mothers sustained measles (measles group)
and 70 whose mothers were vaccinated (vaccine group) were compared at birth, 4 and 8 …

The recommended age for measles vaccination is based in part on information gathered
when most mothers had natural measles. Nowadays many mothers have received measles …

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. Maternally derived passive measles antibody may interfere with vaccine-
induced immunity in infants less than 12 months of age. However, early loss of passive …

Measles hemagglutinin-inhibiting and neutralizing antibody titers are lower in women young
enough to have been immunized by vaccination than in older women. In the children of both …

A serologic study was made in 34 children immunized against measles at the age of 12
months. Using a sensitive virus neutralization test, it was found that many of the children had …

Natural measles infection usually confers life-long immunity which is transferred from
mothers to their offspring, protecting them from natural measles until the age of about 12 …

A two-dose vaccination programme, using a combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine
(MMR) and administration at the ages of 18 months and 12 years, was introduced into …

Maternally derived measles immunity in children of naturally infected and vaccinated mothers
Page 1 Epidem. Inf. (1988). 101. 473-476 4 7 3 Printed in Great Britain Maternally derived …

Measles antibody was measured in three groups of children:(1) those who had received live
measles virus vaccine at less than 1 year of age,(2) previously immunized siblings of …