The recent measles outbreak has raised questions about adults’ presumed immunity. The purpose of this study is to determine whether a significant number of immunized adults are no longer immune to the measles virus and are thus vulnerable to infection. This study reviewed the electronic health records of 109 patients in a family practice who had immunoassays analyzed between January 2015 and April 2019. Results of these tests were analyzed to determine what percentage of patients had not retained their immunity. Two laboratories were used in accordance with patients’ insurance. Fourteen percent of patients who had been immunized to measles were no longer immune. While the vaccine provides immunity to measles, lifetime immunity is not always...
Background: Following the recognition of a measles case in a hospital in The Netherlands, health car...
Background: The changing epidemiology of measles with mild measles cases increasingly being recognis...
Background: Levels of antibodies induced by the measles virus-containing vaccine have been shown to ...
Measles incidence has declined significantly in the United States since the 1989–1991 resurgence. Se...
Adults more than 40 years old are not necessarily immune to measles. A measles outbreak that involve...
An increase in measles cases worldwide, with outbreaks, has been registered in the last few years, d...
Measles outbreaks in Victoria in 1999 and 2001 have suggested that a substantial proportion of young...
In this study, our aim was to review the data of adult patients followed due to a measles diagnosis ...
In recent years, Europe has recorded an increase in the number of measles outbreaks despite the impl...
Previous state-based serosurveys and recent outbreaks have indicated that young adults may be at ris...
Abstract Background Past measles immunisation policies in Australia have resulted in a cohort of you...
In 2003 Italy adopted the National Plan for Measles and Congenital Rubella Elimination, but some out...
BACKGROUND: The pathogenesis of acute measles encephalitis (AME) is poorly understood. Treatment wit...
BACKGROUND: The pathogenesis of acute measles encephalitis (AME) is poorly understood. Treatment wit...
Background: To date, 36 years has passed since the beginning of measles vaccination; the disease is ...
Background: Following the recognition of a measles case in a hospital in The Netherlands, health car...
Background: The changing epidemiology of measles with mild measles cases increasingly being recognis...
Background: Levels of antibodies induced by the measles virus-containing vaccine have been shown to ...
Measles incidence has declined significantly in the United States since the 1989–1991 resurgence. Se...
Adults more than 40 years old are not necessarily immune to measles. A measles outbreak that involve...
An increase in measles cases worldwide, with outbreaks, has been registered in the last few years, d...
Measles outbreaks in Victoria in 1999 and 2001 have suggested that a substantial proportion of young...
In this study, our aim was to review the data of adult patients followed due to a measles diagnosis ...
In recent years, Europe has recorded an increase in the number of measles outbreaks despite the impl...
Previous state-based serosurveys and recent outbreaks have indicated that young adults may be at ris...
Abstract Background Past measles immunisation policies in Australia have resulted in a cohort of you...
In 2003 Italy adopted the National Plan for Measles and Congenital Rubella Elimination, but some out...
BACKGROUND: The pathogenesis of acute measles encephalitis (AME) is poorly understood. Treatment wit...
BACKGROUND: The pathogenesis of acute measles encephalitis (AME) is poorly understood. Treatment wit...
Background: To date, 36 years has passed since the beginning of measles vaccination; the disease is ...
Background: Following the recognition of a measles case in a hospital in The Netherlands, health car...
Background: The changing epidemiology of measles with mild measles cases increasingly being recognis...
Background: Levels of antibodies induced by the measles virus-containing vaccine have been shown to ...
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