Serological response to measles revaccination in a highly immunized military dependent adolescent population

Veit, Bruce C.; Schydlower, Manuel; McIntyre, Susan; Simmons, Daniel H.; Lampe, Richard M.; Fearnow, Ronald G.; Stewart, John A.

doi:10.1016/0197-0070(91)90023-f

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“…However, outbreaks of measles continued to occur, mainly among unvaccinated preschool-aged children and vaccinated adolescents [2]. Primary vaccine failure (the lack of an effective immune response) contributed to the high proportion of cases among vaccinated children [3][4][5].…”

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Progress toward Implementation of a Second-Dose Measles Immunization Requirement for All Schoolchildren in the United States

Kolasa

Klemperer-Johnson

2004

The Journal of Infectious Diseases

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In 1998, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and the American Academy of Pediatrics recommended that states ensure that all children in grades kindergarten through 12 receive 2 doses of measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine by 2001. In 2000, the National Immunization Program surveyed states, the District of Columbia, and United States territories, commonwealths, and protectorates to assess progress toward this goal. Almost all respondents (53 [98%] of 54) reported a second-dose requirement for entry to elementary school, middle school, or both. By fall of 2001, most (82%) school-aged children in the United States were in grades requiring a second dose of measles vaccine. For 29 responding programs, the requirement did not yet affect all grades. By 2009, 52 of 54 responding programs will require a second dose for all grades. Although not all states have achieved coverage of all schoolchildren with 2 doses of MMR vaccine, most states are well on their way toward this goal.

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Progress toward Implementation of a Second-Dose Measles Immunization Requirement for All Schoolchildren in the United States

Kolasa

Klemperer-Johnson

2004

The Journal of Infectious Diseases

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“…This lymphotropic virus also shows tropism to the respiratory tract, which may explain the frequent involvement of cervical and mediastinal lymph nodes in HD. Following the introduction of vaccination against MV, measles may appear at an older age than expected (Veit et al, 1991;Desai et al, 2002). This may represent late exposure to a common infectious agent and account for the constant incidence of HD, at least in some countries, in the postmeasles vaccination era.…”

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Measles virus: evidence of an association with Hodgkin's disease

Benharroch

Shemer‐Avni

et al. 2004

Br J Cancer

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The quest for an infectious agent that may account for cases of Hodgkin's disease (HD) especially in young adults has proven vain until lately. We have recently reported findings that suggested the presence of measles virus (MV) antigens and MV RNA in the tissues of patients with HD. Support for an association between MV and HD has been provided by recent epidemiological findings relating the occurrence of HD to exposure to measles in pregnancy and the perinatal period. We now present further evidence of this putative association based on immunohistochemical, reverse transcriptase -polymerase chain reaction (RT -PCR) and in situ hybridisation studies (ISH) on HD tissues. Biopsies from 82 (54.3%) of our cohort of 154 patients showed a positive immunostain with at least two of the anti-measles antibodies used. Latent membrane protein-1 immunostaining for Epstein -Barr virus was positive in 46 (31.1%) of the patients examined. Reverse transcriptase -PCR and ISH for measles RNA were positive in seven and 10 of 28 patients, respectively. Preliminary clinicopathological associations between MV and HD are noted in this study, but no causal relationship can be claimed at this stage.

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“…This link was proposed on the basis of the following traits of the MV: measles virus is lymphotropic; acute measles infection is followed as a rule by a transient cellular immune deficiency, in spite of a life-long protective immunity; polykaryons are evident in the infected tissues; since 1963, following anti-MV vaccination, measles infection has occurred more often after age 5 [29,30].…”

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Relevance of the Measles Virus Expression in Cancer - an Update

Benharroch

Ariad

Tadmor

et al. 2016

Pathol. Oncol. Res.

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Evidence of an association between classical Hodgkin lymphoma and the measles virus has previously been presented by our group. Arguments held against our thesis were reevaluated. Substantiation of a relationship between the measles virus and additional solid tumors was submitted. Moreover, a pathogenic pathway was suggested to support a possible contribution of the measles virus to the development of classical Hodgkin lymphoma. We have chosen to exclude a discussion of measles virotherapy, since this carries distinct implications. We now add new evidence regarding the expression of the measles virus phosphoprotein in a few cancers. We also suggest a role in this context for atypical measles syndrome in malignant tumors. Last, we propose a collaboration which may make the best, on the one hand of our cohort of classical Hodgkin lymphoma, half of which carry the measles virus expression in their tumor cells. The planned study will also look into the patients vaccination records and into a previous history of the measles disease. On the other hand, cohorts of patients diagnosed with late onset measles will be assessed for the eventual diagnosis of atypical measles syndrome and will be followed up for the subsequent development of a malignant tumor.

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Serological response to measles revaccination in a highly immunized military dependent adolescent population

Cited by 6 publications

References 15 publications

Progress toward Implementation of a Second-Dose Measles Immunization Requirement for All Schoolchildren in the United States

Progress toward Implementation of a Second-Dose Measles Immunization Requirement for All Schoolchildren in the United States

Measles virus: evidence of an association with Hodgkin's disease

Relevance of the Measles Virus Expression in Cancer - an Update

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