Should outbreak response immunization be recommended for measles outbreaks in middle- and low-income countries? An update. [PDF]
, 2011 Measles caused mortality in >164,000 children in 2008, with most deaths occurring during outbreaks. Nonetheless, the impact and desirability of conducting measles outbreak response immunization (ORI) in middle- and low-income countries has been ...
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Seroepidemiology of rubella, measles, HBV, HCV and B19 virus within women in child bearing ages (Saravan City of Sistan and Bloochastan Province) [PDF]
, 2007 Present survey basically focused on women between 15-45 years of age resident in a town of Sistan and Baluchistan province named as Saravan city located in border of Pakistan-Iran in order to find out the seropositivity against the viruses in child ...
Borji, A. +7 more
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, 2003 The traditional practice of medicine provides an excellent model of our thinking behavior. A child is brought into the clinic by his mother. The child has a rash. The doctor thinks of a range of possibilities from food allergy to measles. The doctor then
De Bono, Edward
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Perspective on Global Measles Epidemiology and Control and the Role of Novel Vaccination Strategies
Viruses, 2017 Measles is a highly contagious, vaccine preventable disease. Measles results in a systemic illness which causes profound immunosuppression often leading to severe complications.
Melissa M. Coughlin +3 more
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Regional reports for the subnational monitoring of measles elimination in Italy and the identification of local barriers to the attainment of the elimination goal [PDF]
, 2018 Although most countries in the WHO European Region were verified in 2017 as having interrupted endemic measles transmission, nine countries were still endemic. Among these, Italy accounted for the second highest number of measles cases reported in Europe
Adamo, Giovanna +9 more
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Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2022 Nigeria has one of the highest measles burdens in the world. While measles-containing vaccine is proven to be effective in reducing measles cases, empirical studies on the correlation between measles incidence and measles vaccine coverage in Nigeria has ...
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Molecular Therapy: Oncolytics, 2019 Measles virus (MeV) is naturally cytolytic by extensive cell-to-cell fusion. Vaccine-derived MeV is toxic for cancer cells and is clinically tested as oncolytic virus.
Jan R.H. Hanauer +3 more
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Extracting the time-dependent transmission rate from infection data via solution of an inverse ODE problem [PDF]
, 2012 The transmission rate of many acute infectious diseases varies significantly in time, but the underlying mechanisms are usually uncertain. They may include seasonal changes in the environment, contact rate, immune system response, etc.
Anderson R. M. +10 more
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A long-lasting measles epidemic in Maroua, Cameroon 2008-2009: mass vaccination as response to the epidemic. [PDF]
, 2011 A measles outbreak occurred in Maroua, Cameroon, from January 2008 to April 2009. In accordance with recent World Health Organization guidelines, an outbreak-response immunization (ORI) was conducted in January 2009.
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Measles Virus Imported by International Traveler in Jiangsu Province of China, in 2018 and 2019
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 2020 Measles remains a public health concern in many regions, and the imported measles cases continue to challenge the measles elimination program for most of the countries where measles was verified to be eliminated or approaching elimination.
Ying Hu +3 more
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