The measles virus itself produces both local damage to the cells primarily involved and may travel through the blood stream to sites such as the central nervous system to produce encephalitis. To prevent respiratory complicatio...
Measles vaccination in Zare—when and how?doi:10.1016/0035-9203(81)90037-7Ralph H. HendersonOxford University Press (OUP)Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Measles is an extremely contagious disease that can cause serious health outcomes in children. Routine vaccination has greatly reduced measles deaths in recent years, but very high vaccination coverage is needed in all countries to prevent disease outbreaks. In a Research Article inPLOS Medicine, Just...
The process of creating, testing and producing a vaccine in mass quantities can take many years from start to finish because the industry is highly regulated. Before scientists even begin to formulate a vaccine, researchers have to study the particularvirusor bacteria. Basically, they have to isol...
Get our free mobile app Viruses hide in human cells so it is difficult to treat a virus without causing more harm to the creature in which it has taken up residence. That, plus the fact that there are so many strains of so many viruses from Covid, to Ebola, to colds, measles, and...
Once thought to be a bygone disease, measles is making a comeback in the United States and globally as folks shun a safe, surefire way to prevent it: The measles vaccine.
Outbreaks of vaccine-preventable illness could be alarming, but would they be enough to boost vaccination again? Ernst of Voices for Vaccines isn’t sure. “We’re already having outbreaks. It would take years before enough children died before people said, ‘I guess measles is a bad...
The global COVID-19 mass vaccination program has created a polemic amongst pro- and anti-vaccination groups on social media. However, the working mechanism on how the shared information might influence an individual decision to be vaccinated is still limited. This study embarks on adopting the el...
74, No. 3,198O Measles vaccination in Zaire-when and how? I?. B. WOOD, K. S. SOHERANDA, I?. M. BRACKEN AND NANCY E. HOUSER Centre MLdical Evangtflique, Nyankunde, Zaire Summary Of 121 children vaccinated for measles in Zai’re, antibody studies revealed that 69 “/o sero-...
, due to high vaccination rates nationwide. but in isolated pockets of the country where anti-vaxx sentiment is high , the disease has come surging back. the centers for disease control and prevention is currently tracking just over 100 cases across five outbreaks in washingto...