PMID: Lancet Infect Dis. 2018 10 ;18(10):1060-1061. PMID: 30303095 Abstract Title: Measles: is a new vaccine approach needed? Abstract: [n/a] read more
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Diarrhea, vomiting, and pneumonia requiring hospitalization are among the adverse events associated with co-administration of the DTaP-IPV and MMR vaccines.
PMID: Vaccine. 2018 04 19 ;36(17):2300-2306. Epub 2018 Mar 22. PMID: 29576304 Abstract Title: A phase III, open-label, randomised multicentre study to evaluate the immunogenicity and safety of a booster dose of two different reduced antigen diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis-polio vaccines Abstract: AIM: To evaluate the immunogenicity and safety of a reduced antigen diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis-inactivated poliovirus (dTap-IPV) …
Vaccination may not account entirely for transmission reductions, suggesting that changes in community behavior (social distancing) and other control efforts (isolation, quarantining) are important.
PMID: Am J Epidemiol. 2018 09 1 ;187(9):2002-2010. PMID: 29635277 Abstract Title: Impact of Public Health Responses During a Measles Outbreak in an Amish Community in Ohio: Modeling the Dynamics of Transmission. Abstract: We quantified measles transmissibility during a measles outbreak in Ohio in 2014 to evaluate the impact of public health responses. Case incidence …
Two reports of children with measles after vaccination, testing positive for genotype A.
PMID: Vaccine. 2018 03 7 ;36(11):1330-1344. PMID: 29422369 Abstract Title: The National Vaccine Advisory Committee at 30: Impact and opportunity. Abstract: Thirty years after passage of legislation that created the National Vaccine Advisory Committee (NVAC)"to achieve optimal prevention of human infectious diseases through immunization and to achieve optimal prevention against adverse reactions to vaccines,"this review …
“Polymorphisms in the Wilms Tumor Gene Are Associated With Interindividual Variations in Rubella Virus–Specific Cellular Immunity After Measles-Mumps-Rubella II Vaccination”
PMID: J Infect Dis. 2018 01 30 ;217(4):560-566. PMID: 29253144 Abstract Title: Polymorphisms in the Wilms Tumor Gene Are Associated With Interindividual Variations in Rubella Virus-Specific Cellular Immunity After Measles-Mumps-Rubella II Vaccination. Abstract: Rubella vaccination induces widely variable immune responses in vaccine recipients. While rubella vaccination is effective at inducing immunity to rubella infection in …
The measles vaccine can induce encephalitis.
PMID: Vaccine. 2017 12 19 ;35(52):7309-7311. Epub 2017 Nov 8. PMID: 29128384 Abstract Title: Adverse effects of single-component measles vaccine in school children. Abstract: Measles is a highly contagious viral infection potentially with serious complications and the principal method of protection from the disease is vaccination. Measles vaccination resulted in a 79% drop in measles …
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Cases of vaccine-strain positive measles in Toronto, Canada, 2015.
PMID: Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 07 ;23(7):1063-1069. PMID: 28628461 Abstract Title: Measles Outbreak with Unique Virus Genotyping, Ontario, Canada, 2015. Abstract: The province of Ontario continues to experience measles virus transmissions despite the elimination of measles in Canada. We describe an unusual outbreak of measles in Ontario, Canada, in early 2015 that involved cases with …
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Waning levels of measles antibodies with increasing time post-vaccination suggests that measles susceptibility is potentially increasing in Korea.
PMID: Vaccine. 2017 07 24 ;35(33):4126-4132. Epub 2017 Jun 29. PMID: 28669617 Abstract Title: An increasing, potentially measles-susceptible population over time after vaccination in Korea. Abstract: BACKGROUND: In Korea, measles occurs mainly in infants read more
Reduced antibody responses to the measles vaccine as a result of early administration persist after the second dose.
PMID: Clin Infect Dis. 2017 10 1 ;65(7):1094-1102. PMID: 28595358 Abstract Title: Reduced Antibody Response to Infant Measles Vaccination: Effects Based on Type and Timing of the First Vaccine Dose Persist After the Second Dose. Abstract: Background: The effect of age at first dose on the immunogenicity of a 2-dose pediatric schedule of measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) …
Despite a 95% coverage rate, Brazil had a measles epidemic in 2013.
PMID: Vaccine. 2017 03 23 ;35(13):1721-1728. Epub 2017 Feb 27. PMID: 28256359 Abstract Title: Measles epidemic in Brazil in the post-elimination period: Coordinated response and containment strategies. Abstract: The measles virus circulation was halted in Brazil in 2001 and the country has a routine vaccination coverage against measles, mumps and rubella higher than 95%. In …
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