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THE BACTERIOLOGY OF MEASLES [PDF]
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1918 Many attempts have been made to find the cause of measles and to study the bacteria that produce its complications. It may be of interest to review this work now, and for the sake of clearness of presentation the chief results may be discussed briefly under the headings of protozoa, miscellaneous, bacilli and cocci.
L. Hektoen
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Genetic characterization of measles virus circulating in Iran, 2021–2023 [PDF]
BMC Infectious DiseasesBackground Measles, an ongoing public health concern, demands continuous molecular surveillance and virus characterization for elimination. Despite Iran achieving measles elimination status in 2019 through robust molecular testing and vaccination, the ...
Alireza Esmaeiloghli Amiryli +7 more
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Coverage, timeliness of measles immunisation and its predictors in Pakistan: an analysis of 6.2 million children enrolled in the Provincial Electronic Immunisation Registry [PDF]
BMJ Global HealthBackground Measles-related morbidity and mortality persists due to suboptimal and delayed vaccination, predominantly in low- and middle-income countries where more than 95% of global measles deaths occur.
Subhash Chandir +6 more
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Measles Vaccination Coverage and Anti-Measles Herd Immunity Levels in the World and WHO Regions Worsened from 2019 to 2023 [PDF]
VaccinesObjectives: The objectives of this study were as follows: to determine mean percentages of measles vaccination coverage with zero, one and two doses of vaccine and anti-measles herd immunity levels in World Health Organization (WHO) regions in 2023; to ...
Pedro Plans-Rubió
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Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2016 Measles is an infectious disease in humans caused by the measles virus (MeV). Before the introduction of an effective measles vaccine, virtually everyone experienced measles during childhood. Symptoms of measles include fever and maculopapular skin rash accompanied by cough, coryza and/or conjunctivitis.
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Measles or Not Measles? That is the Question! [PDF]
Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2020 Abstract We present a diagnostically challenging case of a patient who presented with fever and rash during a measles outbreak. The diagnosis was complicated by the interpretation of the results of serological tests, which resulted in implementation of major preventive measures in the hospital.
Hesham Awadh +4 more
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Microbiology Spectrum, 2022 Influenza A viruses infect a range of host species, including a large variety of mammals and more than a hundred species of birds. A total of 95 avian fecal samples were collected from penguin colonies in the South Shetland Islands, close to the ...
Maria Ogrzewalska +9 more
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Incidence of Typhoid Fever and the Validity of the Widal Test in Some Districts in Iraq [PDF]
Al-Anbar Medical Journal, 2020 Background: Typhoid fever is a serious infectious disease. In Iraq, the disease has a public health burden because it’s endemicity and there is an overestimation of the cases because the diagnosis almost depends on the Widal test.
Mousa A. Shubbar, Shakir M. Zighar
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