Perceived Vaccine Availability and the Uptake of Measles Vaccine in Sudan: The Mediating Role of Vaccination Hesitancy [PDF]
Vaccines, 2022 This study aimed to evaluate whether measles vaccine uptake can be predicted directly or indirectly by parental perceptions about the availability of measles vaccine services with parental hesitancy towards the measles vaccine as a potential mediator ...
Majdi M. Sabahelzain +3 more
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Laboratory response to an infant with suspected measles vaccine associated fever and rash in Sri Lanka [PDF]
Infectious Medicine, 2023 Background: Measles is a highly contagious illness. Sri Lanka (SL) has eliminated the measles in 2019. The country is at risk of importation of measles and there could be vaccine-associated measles like illnesses.
Buddhini Samaraweera +5 more
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Vaccine Hesitancy among Parents and Its Association with the Uptake of Measles Vaccine in Urban Settings in Khartoum State, Sudan [PDF]
Vaccines, 2022 Vaccine uptake is one of the indicators that has been used to guide immunization programs. This study aimed to evaluate whether measles vaccine uptake is predicted by measles vaccine hesitancy.
Majdi M. Sabahelzain +3 more
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Evaluating effective measles vaccine coverage in the Malaysian population accounting for between-dose correlation and vaccine efficacy [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2023 Background Malaysia introduced the two dose measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine in 2004 as part of its measles elimination strategy. However, despite high historical coverage of MCV1 and MCV2, Malaysia continues to report high measles incidence.
Shurendar Selva Kumar +4 more
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Determinants of Measles Vaccine Hesitancy among Sudanese Parents in Khartoum State, Sudan: A Cross-Sectional Study [PDF]
Vaccines, 2021 Determinants of vaccine hesitancy are not yet well understood. This study aims to assess measles vaccine hesitancy and characterize its determinants among Sudanese parents in Omdurman in Khartoum State.
Majdi M. Sabahelzain +3 more
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Construction and Preclinical Evaluation of a Recombinant Attenuated Measles Vaccine Candidate of the H1a Genotype [PDF]
VaccinesBackground: Measles, an acute respiratory infectious disease caused by the measles virus, continues to pose a significant threat to children under five years old worldwide.
Lixia Xie +12 more
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Measles vaccine uptake among Italian medical students compared to the pre-COVID-19 era [PDF]
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2023 The COVID-19 pandemic has severely affected health systems worldwide and raised the issue of vaccine hesitancy. In 2022, the World Health Organization reported an outbreak of measles infection among people over 20 years of age in the European Region ...
Cristiana Ferrari +10 more
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How did the introduction of the measles-containing vaccine second dose (MCV2) affect measles vaccine uptake? – evidence from Nigeria [PDF]
Human Vaccines & ImmunotherapeuticsNigeria has the highest burden of measles worldwide, as measles vaccine uptake remains low. Recently, the second dose of the measles-containing vaccine (MCV2) was introduced as part of the routine immunization (RI) program, and this study examined how it
Ryoko Sato
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Predictors for low coverage of uptake of second dose of measles vaccine among children in sub-Saharan Africa, 2023: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and PracticeBackground Measles became a public health important disease in sub-Saharan Africa. World Health Organization recommended measles-containing vaccine dose 2 (MCV2) through routine service delivery.
Tamirat Melis +5 more
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Cross-sectional Survey on Parental Perception and Attitude on Measles Vaccine: Low Hospital Measles Case Presentation in Rural Area in Enugu, Nigeria [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2021 Introduction: The incidence of measles has spiked in recent times despite the efforts to its eradication using a highly effective measles vaccine. Vaccine coverage and underreporting of cases are the major challenges to this effort.
Chukwuemeka Chijoke Nwangwu +2 more
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