Measles

Recent News

Sep 21, 2021

News Scan for Sep 21, 2021

Afghan evacuee infectious disease alert
Antivirals for pediatric flu patients
Meningitis in the DRC
Non-COVID excess deaths
Sep 14, 2021

News Scan for Sep 14, 2021

Antimicrobial resistance in aquatic animals
CWD spread in Kansas
Measles in Afghan refugees
Apr 26, 2021

News Scan for Apr 26, 2021

Antibiotic use in Indonesian hospitals
Connecticut measles cases
Avian flu in 2 countries
Dec 17, 2020
Afghan boy with measles

Measles vaccinations taking back seat to COVID concerns

Only 62.4% of 16-month-old US children received the MMR vaccine from June to August, down from 72.0% before the pandemic.

Nov 12, 2020

News Scan for Nov 12, 2020

Deadly global measles surge
Avian flu in 3 countries
Nov 06, 2020

News Scan for Nov 06, 2020

CRP stewardship testing for cough
Measles vaccine education
H9N2 avian flu case in China
Polio in 8 countries
Sep 02, 2020

News Scan for Sep 02, 2020

Fading measles immunity over time
Few global flu detections
Avian flu in Russia, Taiwan
Aug 26, 2020

News Scan for Aug 26, 2020

More Ebola in DRC
Fluoroquinolone restriction initiative
DRC measles outbreak winds down
May 07, 2020

News Scan for May 07, 2020

Ebola breastfeeding risks
Recap of measles in Israel
Single-dose chikungunya vaccine
Apr 27, 2020

News Scan for Apr 27, 2020

US H7N3 avian flu outbreak findings
Measles outbreak in Mexico

Resources & Literature

Recent Literature

Ashkenazi S, Livni G, Klein A, et al. The relationship between parental source of information and knowledge about measles/measles vaccine and vaccine hesitancy. Vaccine 2020 (published online Sep 25)

Baptiste AE, Wagai J, Luce R, et al. Measles outbreak in complex emergency: estimating vaccine effectiveness and evaluation of the vaccination campaign in Borno State, Nigeria, 2019. BMC Public Health 2021 Mar 4;21:437

Bode SM, Bowda C, Mangini M, et al. COVID-19 and primary measles vaccination rates in a large primary care network. Pediatrics 2020 Dec;146(6):e2020035576

Christianson B, Sharif-Mohamed F, Heath J, et al. Parental attitudes and decisions regarding MMR vaccination during an outbreak of measles among an undervaccinated Somali community in Minnesota. Vaccine 2020 (published online Sep 25)

Coulby C, Domingo FR, Hiebert J, et al. Measles surveillance in Canada, 2019. Can Commun Dis Rep 2021 Mar;47-3

Cutts FT, Ferrari MJ, Krause LK, et al. Vaccination strategies for measles control and elimination: time to strengthen local initiatives. BMC Med 2021 Jan 5;19(2)

De Aguiar DF, de Barros EN, de Sousa Ribeiro G, et al. A prospective, multicentre, cohort study to assess the incidence of dengue illness in households from selected communities in Brazil (2014−2018). Int J Infect Dis 2021 (published online Apr 21)

Doll MK, Weitzen SD, Morrison KT. Trends in the uptake of pediatric measles-containing vaccine in the United States: a Disneyland effect? Vaccine (published online Dec 4)

Donadel M, Stanescu A, Pistol A, et al. Risk factors for measles deaths among children during a Nationwide measles outbreak—Romania, 2016-2018. BMC Infect Dis 2021 Mar 19;21:279

Gianniki M, Siahanidou T, Botsa E, et al. Measles epidemic in pediatric population in Greece during 2017–2018: Epidemiological, clinical characteristics and outcomes. PLoS One 2021 (published online Jan 20)

Griffith BC, Ulrich AK, Becker AB, et al. Does education about local vaccination rates and the importance of herd immunity change US parents' concern about measles? Vaccine 2020 (published online Nov 4)

Jaafar R, Zandotti C, Grimaldier C, et al. Epidemiological and genetic characterization of measles virus circulating strains at Marseille, France during 2017-2019 measles outbreak. J Infect 2021 (published online Jul 23)

Jaafar R, Zandotti C, Grimaldier C, et al. Epidemiological and genetic characterization of measles virus circulating strains at Marseille, France during 2017-2019 measles outbreak. J Infect 2021 (published online Jul 23)

Kohnen M, Hoffman P, Frisch C, et al. Diagnostic challenges and pockets of susceptibility identified during a measles outbreak, Luxembourg, 2019. Eurosurveill 2021 Jun 3;26(22)

Marchi S, Remarque EJ, Viviani S, et al. Measles immunity over two decades in two large Italian regions: how far is the elimination goal? Vaccine 2021 (published online Aug 26)

Moss WJ, Shendale S, Lindstrand A, et al. Feasibility assessment of measles and rubella eradication. Vaccine 2021 (published online May 24)

Mulchandani R, Sibal B, Phillips A, et al. A large outbreak of measles in the West Midlands, England, 2017-2018: descriptive epidemiology, control measures and lessons learnt. Epidemiol Infect 2021 (published online Apr 19)

Patel MK, Goodson JL, Alexander JP, et al. Progress toward regional measles elimination—worldwide, 2000-2019. MMWR 2020 Nov 13;69(6):1700-5

Pike J, Melnick A, Gastanaduy PA, et al. Societal costs of a measles outbreak. Pediatrics 2021 Mar:e2020027037

Probert WS, Glenn-Finer R, Espinosa A, et al. Molecular epidemiology of measles in California, USA—2019. J Infect Dis 2021 (published online Fev 2)

Prymula R, Povey M, Brzostek J, et al. Ten-year follow-up on efficacy, immunogenicity and safety of two doses of a combined measles-mumps-rubella-varicella vaccine or one dose of monovalent varicella vaccine: results from five East European countries. Vaccine 2021 (published online Apr 12)

Rana MS, Usman M, Alam MM, et al. Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on measles surveillance in Pakistan. J Infect 2020 (published online Oct 8)

Rohleder S, Stock C, Bozorgmehr. Socioeconomic deprivation is inversely associated with measles incidence: a longitudinal small-area analysis, Germany, 2001 to 2017. Eurosurveill 2021 Apr 29;26(17)

Sbarra AN, Rolfe S, Nguyen JQ, et al. Mapping routine measles vaccination in low- and middle-income countries. Nature 2020 Dec 16;92

Sorup S, Englund H, Laake I, et al. Revaccination with measles-mumps-rubella vaccine and hospitalization for infection in Denmark and Sweden—an interrupted time-series analysis. Vaccine 2021 (published online Jan 29)

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