evaluation of immune status to measles in vaccinated population in tehran, by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and the hemagglutination inhibition techniques (1386-1387)

background and aims: measles remains one of the leading causes of childhood morbidity and mortality in developing countries and is still a major public health concern in developed countries. although live attenuated vaccine is used throughout the world, out breaks of disease still occur in many countries including iran. methods: the present study was performed to evaluate the immune status against measles after the mass campaign vaccination in 2003. results: in this study, approximately 172 sera were analysed by elisa and hi tests. the results indicated, 162 were positive (94.2%) and 10 were negative (5.8%) by hi test and 165 were positive (95.5%) and 7 were negative (4.1%) by the elisa test. conclusion: understanding measles outbreaks that occur after the initiation of measles elimination efforts will be critical in refining the strategies for measles elimination.