Measles-induced immune amnesia and its effects in concurrent epidemics [PDF]
, 2021 It has been recently discovered that the measles virus can wipe out the adaptive immune system, destroying B lymphocytes and reducing the diversity of non-specific B cells of the infected host. In particular, this implies that previously acquired immunization from vaccination or direct exposition to other pathogens could be erased in a phenomenon named
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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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Space-time smoothing models for sub-national measles routine immunization coverage estimation with complex survey data [PDF]
, 2020 Despite substantial advances in global measles vaccination, measles disease burden remains high in many low- and middle-income countries. A key public health strategy for controling measles in such high-burden settings is to conduct supplementary immunization activities (SIAs) in the form of mass vaccination campaigns, in addition to delivering ...
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A modeling approach for estimating dynamic measles case detection rates [PDF]
arXiv, 2022 The main idea in this paper is that the age associated with reported measles cases can be used to estimate the number of undetected measles infections. Somewhat surprisingly, even with age only to the nearest year, estimates of underreporting can be generated at the much faster, 2 week time-scale associated with measles transmission.
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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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Low prevalence of influenza A strains with resistance markers in Brazil during 2017–2019 seasons
Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 The influenza A virus (IAV) is of a major public health concern as it causes annual epidemics and has the potential to cause pandemics. At present, the neuraminidase inhibitors (NAIs) are the most widely used anti-influenza drugs, but, more recently, the
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Integer-Valued Functional Data Analysis for Measles Forecasting [PDF]
, 2019 Measles presents a unique and imminent challenge for epidemiologists and public health officials: the disease is highly contagious, yet vaccination rates are declining precipitously in many localities. Consequently, the risk of a measles outbreak continues to rise.
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Alleviating Vulnerabilities of the Possible Outbreaks of Measles: A Data Trend Analysis and Prediction of Possible Cases [PDF]
Mediterranean Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences (MJBAS) 2020, 2021 Measles is considered as a highly contagious disease that leads to serious complications around the world. Thus, the paper determined the trend and the five-year forecasted data of the Measles in the Philippines. This study utilized the time series data for trend analysis and data forecasting using the ARIMA model to visualize the measles cases ...
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Impact of network assortativity on epidemic and vaccination behaviour [PDF]
chaos, solitons & fractals,140:110143, 2020, 2020 The resurgence of measles is largely attributed to the decline in vaccine adoption and the increase in mobility. Although the vaccine for measles is readily available and highly successful, its current adoption is not adequate to prevent epidemics. Vaccine adoption is directly affected by individual vaccination decisions, and has a complex interplay ...
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Formation of humoral and cellular immunity to measles vaccine in adults
Инфекция и иммунитет, 2020 Despite adherence to the policy of mass measles vaccination in the majority of countries, this infection still remains far from being fully eradicated. Measles outbreaks are reported worldwide, when the vast majority of cases are recorded in subjects of ...
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