Studies on Measles

Measles from the Perspective of Rhazes and Traditional Iranian Medicine: a Narrative Review

Background Measles is a contagious illness with symptoms including fever, cough and rash. Although after the start of vaccination, its mortality rate has decreased significantly, but in some countries, the disease still leads to dangerous complications. Since infectious diseases such as measles has long been of interest to practitioners, in this study the perspective of Traditional Iranian Medi...

Epidemiological Survey of Measles Cases in the South of Kerman Province during 2014-2015

Introduction: Due to the global burden of measles, many measures have always been taken to control and eradicate this disease. However, epidemics of this disease still sometimes occur in some parts of the world and Iran. The aim of this study was to investigate the epidemiology of measles cases in the south of Kerman Province during 2014-2015. Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study wa...

Investigation of Epidemiological Features of Measles Outbreaks in the World in 2018

Introduction: Identifying the epidemiological features of reported measles outbreaks including the size, period, and generation of the outbreaks plays a significant role in preventing new outbreaks and estimating effective reproduction number (R) as an indication of measles elimination. This study was conducted to describe the reported measles outbreaks in the world in 2018. Method: The PubM...

Construction of a Minigenome Rescue System for Measles Virus, AIK-c Strain

Background:In the recent decade, the reverse genetics method has been broadly used for rescue of negative-stranded RNA viruses from cDNA or viral minigenomes. This technique has been applied to study different steps in virus replication and virus-host interactions. Reverse genetics could also be implemented for design of new vaccines. The T7 RNA polymerase activity as well as virus (nucleocapsi...

Measles Sero–surveillance in Soldiers prior to Nation–wide Vaccination in Iran

Background: Measles is a contagious respiratory viral infection that accompanied with skin rash. Vaccination against measles has reduced the prevalence of the disease but sporadic measles epidemic still occurred in young people. This study, was carried out for the response evaluation of immunity against measles in Iranian soldiers living in garrisons. Methods: In this study based on the history...

A progress - Report on 18 years of continuous Measles Vaccination in Rural Areas of Iran