Author Archives: Taylor Mercado

PMID:  Lancet Infect Dis. 2017 04 ;17(4):422-430. Epub 2017 Mar 2. PMID: 28259562 Abstract Title:  30-year trends in admission rates for encephalitis in children in England and effect of improved diagnostics and measles-mumps-rubella vaccination: a population-based observational study. Abstract:  BACKGROUND: Encephalitis is a serious neurological disorder, yet data on admission rates for all-cause childhood encephalitis …

Continue reading “Despite a “decrease” in measles and mumps encephalitis, hospital admissions for encephalitis of “unknown etiology” have increased substantially.”

PMID:  Vaccine. 2017 02 15 ;35(7):1024-1029. Epub 2017 Jan 19. PMID: 28111146 Abstract Title:  Interpreting the transmissibility of measles in two different post periods of supplementary immunization activities in Hubei, China. Abstract:  Although evidence has shown that supplementary immunization activity (SIA) campaigns greatly reduce the incidence of measles, their effects on disease transmissibility have seldom …

Continue reading “Children under 2 have significantly lower seroprevalence rates after measles vaccination compared to other age groups.”

PMID:  J Infect Dis. 2017 04 15 ;215(8):1188-1196. PMID: 28077730 Abstract Title:  Effect of an Early Dose of Measles Vaccine on Morbidity Between 18 Weeks and 9 Months of Age: A Randomized, Controlled Trial in Guinea-Bissau. Abstract:  Background: Children in Guinea-Bissau receive measles vaccine (MV) at 9 months of age, but studies have shown that …

Continue reading “There is an increased risk of fever following the measles vaccine.”

PMID:  Vaccine. 2016 12 12 ;34(51):6539-6544. Epub 2016 Jun 18. PMID: 27329182 Abstract Title:  Measles transmission among adults with spread to children during an outbreak: Implications for measles elimination in China, 2014. Abstract:  INTRODUCTION: Following implementation of China's 2006-2012 Action Plan for measles elimination, which led to a nadir of measles in 2012, a resurgence …

Continue reading “Despite high population immunity among children and adolescents following three rounds of measles vaccine supplementary immunization activities, sustained measles virus transmission still occurred among adults in this community.”

PMID:  Vaccine. 2016 12 12 ;34(51):6553-6560. Epub 2016 Mar 21. PMID: 27013438 Abstract Title:  Risk factors for measles infection in 0-7 month old children in China after the 2010 nationwide measles campaign: A multi-site case-control study, 2012-2013. Abstract:  INTRODUCTION: Endemic measles persists in China, despite>95% reported coverage of two measles-containing vaccine doses and nationwide campaign …

Continue reading “Despite a 95% coverage rate of two measles-containing vaccine doses, endemic measles persists in China.”

PMID:  J Infect Dis. 2016 Dec 15 ;214(12):1980-1986. Epub 2016 Oct 7. PMID: 27923955 Abstract Title:  Measles Outbreak Among Previously Immunized Healthcare Workers, the Netherlands, 2014. Abstract:  BACKGROUND:  We investigated a measles outbreak among healthcare workers (HCWs) by assessing laboratory characteristics, measles vaccine effectiveness, and serological correlates for protection.METHODS:  Cases were laboratory-confirmed measles in HCWs …

Continue reading “Measles can occur in individuals who have received two doses of the measles vaccine and with adequate pre-exposure antibodies.”

PMID:  PLoS One. 2016 ;11(8):e0160970. Epub 2016 Aug 16. PMID: 27529750 Abstract Title:  Whole Transcriptome Profiling Identifies CD93 and Other Plasma Cell Survival Factor Genes Associated with Measles-Specific Antibody Response after Vaccination. Abstract:  BACKGROUND: There are insufficient system-wide transcriptomic (or other) data that help explain the observed inter-individual variability in antibody titers after measles vaccination …

Continue reading “This study identified genes that may predict measles vaccine failure.”

PMID:  Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2016 11 ;35(11):1232-1241. PMID: 27753769 Abstract Title:  Randomized Trials Comparing Inactivated Vaccine After Medium- or High-titer Measles Vaccine With Standard Titer Measles Vaccine After Inactivated Vaccine: A Meta-analysis. Abstract:  BACKGROUND: Observational studies have suggested that girls have higher mortality if their most recent immunization is an inactivated vaccine rather than …

Continue reading “Mortality rates in girls were higher after receiving the inactivated measles vaccine.”

PMID:  Turk J Med Sci. 2016 Jun 23 ;46(4):1101-6. Epub 2016 Jun 23. PMID: 27513411 Abstract Title:  An analysis of the incidence of measles in Turkey since 1960. Abstract:  BACKGROUND/AIM: The aims of this study were to evaluate measles incidence and the effect of elimination strategy interventions on the disease from 1960 to 2014 in …

Continue reading “The number of measles cases has begun to increase since 2011 after a decline.”

PMID:  Pediatrics. 2016 07 ;138(1). Epub 2016 Jun 6. PMID: 27273713 Abstract Title:  Vaccines and Febrile Seizures: Quantifying the Risk. Abstract:  [n/a] read more