In hospitals, infection control for measles and rubella is important. Medical and nursing students as well as healthcare workers must have immunity against these diseases. Many countries have adopted requirements for healthcare workers’ documented vaccination history or laboratory tests as evidence of their immunity. Evaluating a written vaccination history is difficult in many cases. Therefore...

AIMS In recent years, Europe has recorded an increase in the number of measles outbreaks despite the implementation of vaccination into the National Immunization Programs. The Czech Republic introduced vaccination against measles into National Immunization Program in 1969. The aim of this study was to determine seroprevalence of IgG antibodies against measles in adults. METHODS Our study was ...

Measles morbillivirus is regarded as one of the most influential contagious virus in timeline human history. Before classification this and formulation early vaccines starting 1960s, it was responsible for killing 0.1 – 10 % every birth cohort. While live-attenuated samples measles have considerably mitigated fatality rate around 99% developed states, - 1 million fatalities are nevertheless occ...

Abstract: 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. Understanding measles outbreaks that occur after the initiation of measles eliminati...

Background: Decay of vaccine–induced antibody titres without boosting of the wild measles virus has been well documented. Revaccination against measles has reduced the prevalence of the disease worldwide. Revaccination may cause IgE induced anaphylaxis. Objective: To study measles IgG antibody in revaccinated populations and its relation to IgE induced hypersensitivity. Methods: Blood samples w...

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 aga...

disaster-affected populations are highly vulnerable to outbreaks of measles. therefore, a mass vaccination against measles was conducted in aila cyclone-affected blocks of west bengal, india in july 2009. the objectives of the present report were to conduct an in depth analysis of the campaign, and to discuss the major challenges. a block level micro-plan, which included mapping of the villages...

Measles is a highly contagious viral disease that can lead to complications and death. The United States achieved measles elimination (interruption of continuous transmission lasting ≥12 months) in 2000. Despite elimination, 592 measles cases were reported in the United States during January 1‒August 22, 2014, the highest number since 1994 (1), primarily among unvaccinated travelers and their u...

BACKGROUND In preparation for a cluster-randomized controlled trial of a community intervention to increase the demand for measles vaccination in Lasbela district of Pakistan, a balance sheet summarized published evidence on benefits and possible adverse effects of measles vaccination. METHODS The balance sheet listed: 1) major health conditions associated with measles; 2) the risk among the ...

BACKGROUND Due to low vaccine coverage, Japan has not only experienced outbreaks of measles but has also been exporting it overseas. This study aims to survey measles vaccine coverage and the factors uncompleted vaccination among community-living children. METHODS Subjects were the parents whose children had undergone either an 18-month or a 36-month checkup publicly provided by Kyoto City du...