Meeting of Ad-Hoc Panel of Experts on Rubella and Measles

Evaluation of Immunity against Rubella and Measles Nine Years after Mass Vaccination Program in Babol Medical Students in Iran

Abstract Background and Aims: Medical students are exposed to various infectious diseases during their clinical training period, including measles and rubella. In Iran, to control the outbreaks of measles and rubella a mass vaccination campaign was conducted on 2003. The present investigation evaluates Immunity to measles and rubella in a group of Babol medical students and determines the ...

Use of human diploid cell MRC - 5, for production of Measles and Rubella virus vaccines

Issues in pediatric vaccine-preventable diseases in low- to middle-income countries

The highest burden of pediatric vaccine-preventable disease is found in developing nations where resource constraints pose the greatest challenge, impacting disease diagnosis and surveillance as well as the implementation of large scale vaccination programmes. In November 2012, a Working Group Meeting convened in Casablanca to describe and discuss the status with respect to 8 vaccine-preventabl...

WHO Global Measles Rubella Laboratory Network Meeting

The WHO Global Measles and Rubella Laboratory Network performs a key role in measles and rubella surveillance by confirming suspected cases using standardized and validated testing and reporting procedures. The WHO Measles and Rubella Laboratory Network (LabNet) comprises 679 laboratories globally, almost all of which are following standardized testing and reporting procedures and undergo regul...

Stability Study of Measles AIK-C Strain, Mumps RS-12 Strain and Rubella Takahashi Strain in MMR Vaccine

Stability studies play a critical role in assuring product quality at all points in the vaccine life cycle and havea major impact on the success of immunization programs worldwide. The purpose of stability study isdetermination of the vaccine quality under the variety of environmental factors and to establish a re-testperiod or a shelf life and recommended storage conditions. In this study thre...