Seroconversion rate following measles vaccination

Seroconversion of children following natural measles infection and vaccination.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the relationship between measles virus (MV) antibodies (abs) in sera and breast milk of nursing mothers, their contributions in seroconversion of children (0-9 months) post vaccination, prevalence of prevaccination measles abs in sera of children brought for measles vaccination and seroconversion rate in vaccinees from nursing and lactating mothers. Also to determine the p...

Stevens-Johnson syndrome following measles vaccination.

Erythema Multiforme (EM) is specific acute hypersensitivity syndrome of multiple etiologies. It has distinct clinical pattern the hallmark of which, is the erythematous rash (so called iris or target lesions). Although a single type of lesion may predominate during a particular attack, the basic lesion of erythema multiforme are macular, urticarial and vesicobullous. The diagnosis of Erythema m...

Mass Measles Vaccination

Early Onset Optic Neuritis Following Measles-Rubella Vaccination

PURPOSE To report two cases of optic neuritis with onset less than 24 hours following measles-rubella (MR) vaccination. CASE REPORT Two teenage patients developed acute optic neuritis 6 to 7 hours after MR booster vaccination. The first patient demonstrated bilateral papillitis and severe visual loss but improved significantly with pulse intravenous steroid therapy with methylprednisolone 500...

Measles resurgence following a nationwide measles vaccination campaign in Nigeria, 2005-2008.

INTRODUCTION From 1990 through 2008, routine immunization coverage of measles vaccine in Nigeria ranged from 35% to 70%. Nigeria conducted a nationwide measles vaccination campaign in 2 phases during 2005-2006 that targeted children aged 9 months to 14 years; in 2008, a nationwide follow-up campaign that targeted children aged 9 months to 4 years was conducted in 2 phases. Despite these efforts...