Measles

Recent News

Oct 15, 2013

News Scan for Oct 15, 2013

Timing of measles shots
Dengue vaccine trial results
Oct 14, 2013

News Scan for Oct 14, 2013

Cost of imported measles
More cholera in Mexico
Sep 12, 2013

CDC notes solid childhood vaccine coverage, measles concerns

Though toddler vaccine levels remain high, recent measles outbreaks have raised concern.

Sep 05, 2013

News Scan for Sep 05, 2013

Call for 24/7 disease-notification feed
Measles in the Netherlands
Aug 27, 2013

News Scan for Aug 27, 2013

Fungal meningitis study
Iowa 'Crypto' cases top 500
Measles cases at Texas church
Jul 09, 2013

News Scan for Jul 09, 2013

Listeria in cheese samples
H7N9 candidate vaccines
Funds for measles fight
Risk of new cyclovirus
Jun 19, 2013

News Scan for Jun 19, 2013

Foodborne illness in poor kids
HPV vaccine data
Missed fungal infections
New cyclovirus
CDC rubella alerts
Dengue in Laos
Measles in Syria
Jun 06, 2013

News Scan for Jun 06, 2013

UN plea for disease funding
Islamic scholars and polio
Antibiotic resistance bill
Jun 03, 2013

News Scan for Jun 03, 2013

Poliovirus in Israeli sewage
Tickborne disease in Korea
Measles in Pakistan

Resources & Literature

Recent Literature

Aoki Y, Mizuta K, Ikeda T, et al. Isolation of vaccine-derived measles viruses from children with acute respiratory infection. Tohoku J Exp Med 2013 Jun:230(2):111-5

Baugh V, Firueroa J, Bosaquet J, et al. Ongoing measles outbreak in Orthodox Jewish community, London, UK. (Letter) Emerg Infect Dis 2013 (published online Aug 27)

CDC. Measles — United States, January 1–August 24, 2013. MMWR 2013 Sep 13;62(36);741-3

CDC. Notes from the field: measles outbreak among members of a religious community — Brooklyn, New York, March-June 2013. MMWR 2013 Sep 13;62(36);752-3

CDC. Notes from the field: measles outbreak associated with a traveler returning from India — North Carolina, April-May 2013. MMWR 2013 Sep 13;62(36):753

CDC. Progress toward measles elimination - Western pacific region, 2009-2012. MMWR 2013 Jun 7;62(22):443-7

Fields R, Dabbagh A, Jain M, et al. Moving forward with strengthening routine immunization delivery as part of measles and rubella elimination activities. Vaccine 2013 Apr 18;31 Suppl 2:B115-21

Knol MJ, Urbanus AT, Swart EM, et al. Large ongoing measles outbreak in a religious community in the Netherlands since May 2013. Euro Surveill 2013 Sep 5;18(36):pii=20580

Mahamud A, Burton A, Hassan M, et al. Risk factors for measles mortality among hospitalized Somali refugees displaced by famine, Kenya, 2011. Clin Infect Dis 2013 (published online Jul 2)

McLean HQ, Fiebelkorn AP, Temte JL, et al. Prevention of measles, rubella, congenital rubella syndrome, and mumps, 2013: summary recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). MMWR 2013 Jun 14;62(RR04):1-34

Mitchell P, Turner N, Jennings L, et al. Previous vaccination modifies both the clinical disease and immunological features in children with measles. J Prim Health Care 2013 Jun 1;5(2):93-8

Ortega-Sanchez IR, Vijayaraghavan M, Barskey AE, et al. The economic burden of sixteen measles outbreaks on United States public health departments in 2011. Vaccine 2013 (published online Oct 14)

Thompson KM, Strebel PM, Dabbagh A, et al. Enabling implementation of the Global Vaccine Action Plan: developing investment cases to achieve targets for measles and rubella prevention. Vaccine 2013 Apr 18;31 Suppl 2:B149-56

Waaijenborg S, Harne SJ, Mollema L, et al. Waning of maternal antibodies against measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella in communities with contrasting vaccination coverage. J Infect Dis 2013 Jul;208(1):10-6

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