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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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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Viral Immunol, 2018 Measles remains an important cause of child morbidity and mortality worldwide despite the availability of a safe and efficacious vaccine. The current measles virus (MeV) vaccine was developed empirically by attenuation of wild-type (WT) MeV by in vitro passage in human and chicken cells and licensed in 1963.
Griffin DE.
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Trends of the Global, Regional, and National Incidence of Measles, Vaccine Coverage, and Risk Factors in 204 Countries From 1990 to 2019. [PDF]
Front Med (Lausanne), 2021 Background Measles is a highly contagious disease that has caused global morbidity and mortality. Though great progress has been made in measles elimination, the resurgence of measles has been observed in recent years.
Wang R, Jing W, Liu M, Liu J.
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Measles vaccine coverage among children born to Somali immigrants in Norway. [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2021 Background Despite overall good vaccination coverage in many countries, vaccine hesitancy has hindered full coverage and exposed groups to the risk of outbreaks. Somali immigrant groups have been known to have low measles vaccination coverage, leading to
Jenness SM +3 more
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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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Determinants of physician attitudes towards the new selective measles vaccine mandate in Germany. [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2021 Background In Germany, a mandatory policy on measles vaccination came into effect in March 2020. Physicians, as the main vaccine providers, have a crucial role in implementing it.
Neufeind J +3 more
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Long-term immunogenicity after measles vaccine vs. wild infection: an Italian retrospective cohort study. [PDF]
Hum Vaccin Immunother, 2021 The persistence of specific IgG after measles infection and after measles vaccination has not been sufficiently investigated. Current evidence suggests that immunity after the disease is life-long, whereas the response after two doses of measles ...
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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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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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