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A Comparison of Vaccination Policies and Immunity Assessment for Measles Control: Insights from the United States and Japan

Viruses
Measles is a highly contagious viral disease and remains a global health challenge despite the availability of effective vaccines. Although many regions have successfully eliminated measles, outbreaks continue to occur owing to vaccine hesitancy ...
Naruhito Otani, Toshiomi Okuno, Toshie Tsuchida, Kaori Ishikawa, Kaoru Ichiki, Takashi Ueda, Satoshi Higasa, Kazuhiko Nakajima   +7 more
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Multiple Sclerosis and Viruses: « Liaisons Dangereuses »

Reviews in Medical Virology, Volume 36, Issue 6, November 2026.
ABSTRACT Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a complex, multifactorial neurodegenerative disease with an aetiology that is still partially elusive. Several risk factors are associated with MS development including genetic predisposition and various environmental stressors; however, recently, viral infections have gained significant attention as a crucial ...
Samanta Plavina, Daniela Malakovska, Jolanta Kalnina, Ilva Trapina, Elina Leonova, Mohammed Habib, Susanne Schifmann, Jegors Paramonovs, Nikolajs Sjakste, Yegor Vassetzky, Emmanuel Drouet, Natalia Paramonova   +11 more
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Risk conceptualisations, trust and decision-making in the face of contradictory information: the case of MMR [PDF]

, 2005
This thesis investigates the process by which parents evaluate contradictory information about risk in order to make the decision whether to have their children immunised with the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine.
Casiday, Rachel E, Casiday, Rachel E.
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A Randomized, Controlled Trial of an Aerosolized Vaccine against Measles. [PDF]

, 2015
Background Aerosolized vaccine can be used as a needle-free method of immunization against measles, a disease that remains a major cause of illness and death. Data on the immunogenicity of aerosolized vaccine against measles in children are inconsistent.
Jeyaseelan, Lakshmanan, Bavdekar, Ashish, Andrews, Nicholas J, Ramanathan, Kavitha, Riveros-Balta, A Ximena, Kulkarni, Prasad S., Shaikh, Naseem, Fink, James B, Rajagopal, Arunachalam, Andrews, Nicholas J., Hirve, Siddhivinayak, Scott, Pippa, Brown, Kevin E, Brown, David, Kulkarni, Prasad S, Jadi, Ramesh S., Fink, James B., John, Oommen, Greco, Michel, Riveros-Balta, A. Ximena, Dhere, Rajeev, Henao Restrepo, Ana Maria, Low, Nicola, Jadi, Ramesh S, Brown, Kevin E., Low N, Jadi RS, Dhere R, Henao Restrepo AM, Bavdekar A, Scott P, John O, Riveros-Balta AX, Brown D, Fink JB, Brown KE, Jeyaseelan L, Kulkarni PS, Shaikh N, Rajagopal A, Andrews NJ, Greco M, Hirve S, Ramanathan K   +43 more
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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

Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice
Background 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, Ayenew Mose, Yohannes Fikadu, Kassahun Haile, Aklilu Habte, Gemechu Jofiro   +5 more
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How did the introduction of the measles-containing vaccine second dose (MCV2) affect measles vaccine uptake? – evidence from Nigeria

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
Nigeria 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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Constructing Difference: Maternal Boundary‐Work in Science‐Based and Natural Mom Groups on Facebook

Symbolic Interaction, Volume 49, Issue 4, Page 1003-1030, November 2026.
Boundary‐work describes the activities of social groups as they seek to differentiate themselves from others to establish credibility, authority, or to protect their interests. While a growing body of literature explores occupational boundary‐work in health care, limited research has focused on how lay actors practice boundary‐work online.
Darryn DiFrancesco
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Measles Vaccine Failure

Annals of Saudi Medicine, 1991
Suleimania Children's Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia was the site of a on-year study, started June 1987, which was designed to investigate measles vaccine failure. The first part of the study consisted of 336 patients with measles. Diagnosis was established on clinical grounds and confirmed by fluorescent IgM analysis. Those patients 9 months and older,
A, Abanamy, M, Khalil, H, Salman, M, Abdulazeem   +3 more
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Not Just a Mother’s Responsibility: Gender, Care and Institutional Influences in Parental Vaccine Hesitancy in Russia

Sociology of Health &Illness, Volume 48, Issue 8, November 2026.
ABSTRACT The cultural emphasis on mothers’ individual responsibility and choice regarding their children’s health is often considered a key factor behind vaccine hesitancy, especially among the middle class in Western countries. Drawing on qualitative interviews with vaccine‐hesitant Russian mothers, this article broadens this discussion in two ways ...
Ekaterina Borozdina
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Waning population immunity to measles in Taiwan

, 2014
To evaluate the population immunity to measles in Taiwan where the coverage rate of the measles vaccine was >95% for more than a decade, anti-measles IgG was determined in 3552 Taiwanese volunteers in 2007.
Chen, Chih-Jung;Lee, Ping-Ing;Hsieh, Yu-Chia;Chen, Po-Yen;Ho, Yu-Huai;Chang, Chee-Jen;Liu, Ding-Ping;Chang, Feng-Yee;Chiu, Cheng-Hsun;Huang, Yhu-Chering;Lee, Chin-Yun;Lin, Tzou-Yien, 李秉穎 ;李慶雲   +1 more
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