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MEASLES REVIEW ARTICLE, MOSS & GRIFFIN

  MEASLES A review and discussion article,, by two authors from Johns Hopkins, from The Lancet From the authors’ conclusions: ‘The global public health community faces a stark choice: continue to make progress in me ... read more

NOTES FROM THE TENTH ANNUAL MEASLES INITIATIVE MEE ...

TENTH ANNUAL MEASLES INITIATIVE MEETING HELD AT AMERICAN RED CROSS, WASHINGTON, D.C., 13-14 SEPTEMBER 2011   Tuesday Sessions   Athalia Christie introduced Ms Gail McGovern, President and CEO, American Red Cross.   Gail McGovern ... read more

MEASLES VACCINATION AT 4 1/2 MONTHS

Protective efficacy of standard Edmonston-Zagreb measles vaccination in infants aged 4.5 months: interim analysis of a randomised clinical trial  Abstract is below. Full text, with figures, is at http://www.bmj.com/content/337/bmj.a661.long C ... read more

MEASLES ADVOCACY 10TH ANNUAL MEETING PRESENTATIONS ...

  Measles Advocacy 10th Annual Meeting Presentations Available  More than 100 stakeholders in the Measles Initiative, including the founding partners,  donors including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, GAVI Alliance and DFID, c ... read more

MEASLES UPDATE

  Dr. Foege on measles elimination Dr. William Foege, amongst the world's most esteemed global public health experts, opened the recent Measles Initiative Annual Meeting in Washington. He recalled his work in rural Nigeria 46 ... read more

MULTIPLE CASES OF MEASLES AFTER EXPOSURE DURING AI ...

Far more people travel in intercity busses than in planes. Have I missed something, or do we have no published case reports of measles spread among bus passengers? MULTIPLE CASES OF MEASLES AFTER EXPOSURE DURING AIR TRAVEL An interestin ... read more

MULTIPLE CASES OF MEASLES AFTER EXPOSURE DURING AI ...

MULTIPLE CASES OF MEASLES AFTER EXPOSURE DURING AIR TRAVEL An interesting and well documented outbreak of measles from exposure during air travel. Also at http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6025a4.htm See also http://journals.ca ... read more

CHALLENGES IN MEASURING MEASLES CASE FATALITY RATI ...

       ‘[W]e believe that accurate measles CFRs can be obtained from meticulously conducted    retrospective studies as we have outlined that take into account the unique characteristics of the disea ... read more