Perceived Vaccine Availability and the Uptake of Measles Vaccine in Sudan: The Mediating Role of Vaccination Hesitancy. [PDF]
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 ...
Sabahelzain MM +3 more
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Laboratory response to an infant with suspected measles vaccine associated fever and rash in Sri Lanka. [PDF]
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.
Samaraweera B +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]
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.
Sabahelzain MM +3 more
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Evaluating effective measles vaccine coverage in the Malaysian population accounting for between-dose correlation and vaccine efficacy. [PDF]
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.
Kumar SS +4 more
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Determinants of Measles Vaccine Hesitancy among Sudanese Parents in Khartoum State, Sudan: A Cross-Sectional Study. [PDF]
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.
Sabahelzain MM +3 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]
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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Measles vaccine uptake among Italian medical students compared to the pre-COVID-19 era. [PDF]
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 ...
Ferrari C +10 more
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Construction and Preclinical Evaluation of a Recombinant Attenuated Measles Vaccine Candidate of the H1a Genotype. [PDF]
Background: Measles, an acute respiratory infectious disease caused by the measles virus, continues to pose a significant threat to children under five years old worldwide.
Xie L +12 more
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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 ...
Ryoko Sato +3 more
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Measles is an acute respiratory infectious disease caused by the measles virus. It is highly infectious and easy to occur in children. It causes many serious complications such as tracheitis, otitis media and pneumonia. Since the promotion of the measles
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