Background: Despite a global decline in mortality and morbidity from measles in the last decade, outbreaks continue to occur in some parts of the world including Nigeria. Objective: To determine antibody response to routine measles vaccination in Nigerian children and evaluate vaccine potency. Methods: A prospective study of 234 children selected from 3 health centres in an urban area of Lagos,...

BACKGROUND On 26 December 2004, a tsunami struck the coast of the state of Tamil Nadu, India, where one-dose measles coverage exceeded 95%. On 29 December, supplemental measles immunization activities targeted children 6 to 60 months of age in affected villages. On 30 December, Cuddalore, a tsunami-affected district in Tamil Nadu reported a cluster of measles cases. We investigated this cluster...

In Moscow, as in Russia, 2019 there was an increase the incidence of measles recent years. Purpose: to analyze course children hospitalized during period rising incidence. Materials and methods: a retrospective analysis statistical processing 30 case histories with infectious diseases department Children's City Clinical Hospital № 9 named after G.N. Speransky 2019. Results: More than half patie...

Patients with AIDS have a high incidence of skin problems due to the immunosuppression and malnourishment that are inherent to the progression of this disease. Clinical manifestation of these skin lesions and their severity are different in AIDS patients. We made a prospective study of five cases of measles in children with HIV infection during a community outbreak, and there were typical as we...

In 1997 the Federal Health Minister, the Hon Dr Michael Wooldridge MP announced a measles elimination program as a component of the 'Immunise Australia: Seven Point Plan'. The Measles Elimination Advisory Committee (MEAC) was charged with the task of delivering a national approach to measles elimination and now the goal of elimination is achievable. Several milestones have been passed – the Mea...

The introduction of mass immunisation against measles in the United Kingdom has seen the virtual disappearance of this disease. In some European countries with lower levels of vaccine coverage, however, deaths from measles are still common and the disease is associated with significant morbidity. In recent years adverse publicity surrounding the vaccine has depressed vaccine uptake in the Unite...

The current WHO policy during measles outbreaks focuses on case management rather than reactive vaccination campaigns in urban areas of resource-poor countries having low vaccine coverage. Vaccination campaigns may be costly, or not timely enough to impact significantly on morbidity and mortality. We explored the time available for intervention during two recent epidemics. Our analysis suggests...

Despite the availability of a safe and effective vaccine, measles remains an endemic in many countries is main cause morbidity mortality among young children. Therefore, objective this study was to describe most important aspects that allow clinicians identify suspected cases for timely diagnosis treatment, which are essential avoid inappropriate interventions prevent complications. The virus h...