D4 is the measles virus which caused the measles outbreak in 2004 in Iraq
مجلة كلية الطب, 2008 Background: no previous study is done in Iraq about the isolation and the identification of measles virus although the outbreaks were continuous in the previous years.
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Measles virus infection diminishes preexisting antibodies that offer protection from other pathogens
Science, 2019 The toll of measles on the immune system Many of the deaths attributable to measles virus are caused by secondary infections because the virus infects and functionally impairs immune cells.
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Measles virus and rinderpest virus divergence dated to the sixth century BCE
Science, 2020 Older origins of measles virus Animal domestication by humans is thought to have given many pathogens an opportunity to invade a new host, and measles is one example of this. However, there is controversy about when measles emerged in humans, because the
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Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2016 IMPORTANCE Parents hesitant to vaccinate their children may delay routine immunizations or seek exemptions from state vaccine mandates. Recent outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases in the United States have drawn attention to this phenomenon ...
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Consequences of Undervaccination - Measles Outbreak, New York City, 2018-2019.
New England Journal of Medicine, 2020 BACKGROUND Measles was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000, but the risk of outbreaks owing to international importations remains. An outbreak of measles in New York City began when one unvaccinated child returned home from Israel with ...
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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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Evaluation of a measles vaccine campaign by oral-fluid surveys in a rural Kenyan district: interpretation of antibody prevalence data using mixture models [PDF]
, 2009 We evaluated the effectiveness of a measles vaccine campaign in rural Kenya, based on oral-fluid surveys and mixture-modelling analysis. Specimens were collected from 886 children aged 9 months to 14 years pre-campaign and from a comparison sample of 598
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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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Increase in Measles Cases - United States, January 1-April 26, 2019.
MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2019 As of April 26, 2019, CDC had reported 704 cases of measles in the United States since the beginning of 2019, representing the largest number of cases reported in the country in a single year since 1994, when 963 cases occurred, and since measles was ...
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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.
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