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Background: Nigeria is one of the countries with a high prevalence of measles outbreak in children under 5 years old, despite a history of vaccination. This study aims to determine the prevalence of anti-measles virus IgM and IgG among children under 5 ...
Adekola, Hafeez Aderinsayo +6 more
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Measles: What we have learned from non-human primate models [PDF]
Studies in non-human primates (NHPs) have been crucial for our understanding of measles as a high impact viral disease of humans. Over a century ago, inoculations of NHPs with filtered secretions from measles patients first identified a virus as the ...
Swart, R.L. (Rik) de
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Measles in Italy: Viral strains and crossing borders. [PDF]
In 2017, Italy experienced one of the largest outbreaks of measles in recent years, with 5404 notified cases and 4347 confirmed cases. A further 2029 cases were notified during the first 6 months of 2018, and 1516 of them were laboratory-confirmed.
Baggieri M +6 more
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Measles among healthcare workers in Italy. Is it time to act? [PDF]
Vaccination of healthcare workers (HCWs) against measles is strongly recommended in Europe. In this study, we examined the impact of measles on Italian HCWs by systematically and quantitatively analyzing measles cases involving HCWs over time and by ...
Adamo, G. +10 more
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Monitoring the circulation of the measles virus and studying its genetic diversity is an important component of the measles elimination program. A methodological approach to molecular genetic studies and their interpretation in the measles surveillance ...
Tatiana S. Rubalskaia +4 more
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Analisis Gen Haemagglutinin pada Virus Campak Liar [PDF]
Penyakit Campak disebabkan oleh virus campak yang termasuk genus Morbilivirus dan Family Paramyxoviridae. Penyakit campak masih menjadi masalah kesehatan karena masih ditemukan Kejadian Luar Biasa (KLB) di Indonesia.
Bela, B. (Budiman) +3 more
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Canine distemper virus neutralization activity is low in human serum and it is sensitive to an amino acid substitution in the hemagglutinin protein [PDF]
© 2015 Elsevier Inc.Serum was analyzed from 146 healthy adult volunteers in eastern Africa to evaluate measles virus (MV) and canine distemper virus (CDV) neutralizing antibody (nAb) prevalence and potency.
Allen, S +13 more
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Measles virus (MeV) is exceptionally contagious and still a major cause of death in child.However, recently significant progress towards the elimination of measles has been made through increased vaccination coverage of measles-containing vaccines. The hemagglutinin (H) protein of MeV interacts with a cellular receptor, and this interaction is the ...
Maino, Tahara, Makoto, Takeda
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A number of viruses can initiate central nervous system (CNS) diseases that include demyelination as a major feature of neuropathology. In humans, the most prominent demyelinating diseases are progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, caused by JC ...
Fazakerley, John K, Walker, Robert
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Development of a high-throughput assay to measure measles neutralizing antibodies.
Measles virus is highly infectious and remains a leading cause of vaccine preventable deaths in children. Neutralizing antibody responses elicited by measles virus infection or immunization are a serological correlate of protection.
Esmeralda Alvarado-Facundo +3 more
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