Measles and Rubella in the Americas: The Path to Elimination

Siqueira, Marilda Mendonça; Brown, David

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“…8 This elimination was achieved through control programs established in the early 1990s, often coordinated through the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), and comprised high routine vaccine coverage and mass campaigns along with case-based surveillance. 9 By 2017 countries verified endemic measles free comprised 24 in the European Region (EUR), six in the Western Pacific Region (WPR), and two in the South-East Asia Region (SEAR). However, with the exception of the Western Pacific Region (WPR) no region has sustained MCV1 coverage > 95% since 2008.…”

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Measles vaccination in an increasingly immunized and developed world

Hayman

2018

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics

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Increased measles immunization has led to a significant decline in measles incidence and mortality. During 2016 it is estimated that fewer than 100,000 died from measles for the first time in recorded history. In highly immunized countries measles epidemiology has changed. Threats to national elimination goals and public health include aging cohorts of naïve people that exist from imperfect vaccination rates during the early years of immunization programs. This may be complemented by some loss of immunity in vaccinated populations. While childhood immunization must remain a focus for control efforts, due to higher mortality in the very young, these naïve adolescents and adults also accumulate as they age and add to the pool of susceptible people, perhaps beyond the view of those that are focused on childhood immunization. Here, features of measles epidemiology and control in highly immunized populations are reviewed, providing global data where necessary, to highlight why countries with high immunization coverage are still threatened by measles outbreaks and how changing dynamics may alter disease control.

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Section: Measles Virus and Its Clinical Diseasementioning

confidence: 99%

Measles vaccination in an increasingly immunized and developed world

Hayman

2018

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics

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Measles and Rubella in the Americas: The Path to Elimination

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Measles vaccination in an increasingly immunized and developed world

Measles vaccination in an increasingly immunized and developed world

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