Measles Vaccine Effectiveness and Duration of Vaccine-induced Immunity in the Absence of Boosting from Exposure to Measles Virus

Autor: GÜRS, DALYA, MCCREADY, JILL, WATSON, JOHN C., ATKINSON, WILLIAM L., HEATH, JANET L., BELLINI, WILLIAM J., POLLOI, ANTHONY
Zdroj: The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal; December 1996, Vol. 15 Issue: 12 p1082-1086, 5p
Abstrakt: It is unknown whether vaccine-induced immunity is lifelong in the absence of periodic exposure to measles virus. After 27 years of no known exposure to measles, an outbreak in Palau in 1993 offered the opportunity to study this issue and the measles vaccine effectiveness.
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