Genetic Characterization of Measles Vaccine Strains

Pathogenesis of vaccine strains of measles virus in suckling hamsters

Morphological Properties of different measles virus vaccine strains

morphological properties of different measles virus vaccine strains

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Epidemiology and Genetic Characterization of Measles Strains in Senegal, 2004-2013

BACKGROUND In Senegal, with the variable routine vaccination coverage, the risk for illness and death from measles still exists as evidenced by the measles epidemic episode in 2009. Since 2002 a laboratory-based surveillance system of measles was established by the Ministry of Health and the Institut Pasteur de Dakar. The present study analysed the data collected over the 10 years inclusive bet...

Measles and measles vaccine in Japan.

Before the introduction of measles vaccine in 1971, measles was a common and well-recognized disease in Japanese children. Seroepidemiological studies conducted before the general use of the vaccine disclosed that measles epidemics differed from community to community; in rural areas, epidemics appeared at intervals of several years with the accumulation of susceptibles, and in urban areas, mea...