Measles outbreak in Tanzania, 2006-2007

Vaccine

Volumn 28, Issue 37, 2010, Pages 5979-5985

  Goodson, James L ^a   Perry, Robert T ^a   Mach, Ondrej ^a   Manyanga, David ^b   Luman, Elizabeth T ^a   Kitambi, Mary ^b   Kibona, Mary ^c   Wiesen, Eric ^c   Cairns, K Lisa ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Elderly and Children   (Tanzania)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Immunization; Measles; Outbreak; Strategy; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TANZANIA; ADOLESCENT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; RISK FACTOR; THEORETICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK FACTORS; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955516957     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.06.110     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. World Health Organization World Health Assembly Resolution WHA 52.20, Reducing Global Measles Mortality 2003, WHO, Geneva.
2. Centers for Disease Control Prevention Progress in global measles control and mortality reduction, 2000-2006. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2007, 56:1237-1241.
3. Wolfson L.J., Strebel P.M., Gacic-Dobo M., Hoekstra E.J., McFarland J.W., Hersh B.S., et al. Has the 2005 measles mortality reduction goal been achieved? A natural history modelling study. Lancet 2007 Jan 20, 369(9557):191-200.
4. World Health Organization, United Nations Children's Fund. Global Immunization Vision and Strategy. WHO/UNICEF. Available at ; 2005 [accessed 25.09.09]. http://wwwwhoint/immunization/givs/en/indexhtml.
5. Bilous J., Eggers R., Gasse F., Jarrett S., Lydon P., Magan A., et al. A new global immunisation vision and strategy. Lancet 2006, 367(9521):1464-1466.
6. Centers for Disease Control Prevention Global measles mortality, 2000-2008. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2009, 58(47):1321-1326.
7. World Health Organization, United Nations Children's Fund. Measles Mortality Reduction and Regional Elimination-Strategic Plan 2001-2005. WHO/UNICEF. Available at ; 2001 [accessed 25.09.09]. http://wwwwhoint/vaccines-documents/DocsPDF01/www573pdf.
8. World Health Organization Impact of measles control activities in the WHO African Region, 1999-2005. Wkly Epidemiol Rec 2006, 81(39):365-371.
9. Centers for Disease Control Prevention Progress toward measles control-African region, 2001-2008. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2009, 58(37):1036-1041.
10. World Health Organization. Measles reported cases. ; 2008 [accessed 25.09.09]. http://wwwwhoint/immunization_monitoring/en/globalsummary/timeseries/tsincidencemeahtml.
11. World Health Organization. WHO vaccine-preventable diseases: monitoring system 2008 global summary. Reported estimates of measles-vaccine containing vaccination coverage. WHO. Available at ; 2008 [accessed 25.09.09]. http://wwwwhoint/vaccines/globalsummary/immunization/timeseries/tscoveragemcvhtml.
12. Goodson J., Wiesen E., Perry R., Mach O., Kitambi M., Kibona M., et al. Impact of measles outbreak response vaccination campaign in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Vaccine 2009, 27(42):5870-5874.
13. World Health Organization. Manual for the laboratory diagnosis of measles and rubella virus infection, second edition. [accessed 22.09.08]. http://wwwwhoint/immunization_monitoring/LabManualFinalpdf.
14. World Health Organization African Regional Office. Measles Surveillance Guidelines. Available at WHO African Regional Office; 2006 [accessed 22.09.08]. http://wwwafrowhoint/measles/guidelines/measles_surveillance_guideline_jan2006pdf.
15. Orenstein W.A. Field evaluation of vaccine efficacy. Bull World Health Org 1985, 63(6):1055-1068.
16. Orenstein W.A., Bernier R.H., Hinman A.R. Assessing vaccine efficacy in the field. Further observations. Epidemiol Rev 1988, 10:212-241.
17. Rota J., Lowe L., Rota P., Bellini W., Redd S., Dayan G., et al. Identical genotype B3 sequences from measles patients in 4 countries, 2005. Emerg Infect Dis 2006 Nov, 12(11):1779-1781.
18. Centers for Disease Control Prevention Progress in measles control-Kenya 2002-2007. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2007, 56(37):969-972.
19. Rota P.A., Featherstone D.A., Bellini W.J. Molecular epidemiology of measles virus. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2009, 330:129-150.
20. Cutts F.T., Henderson R.H., Clements C.J., Chen R.T., Patriarca P.A. Principles of measles control. Bull World Health Org 1991, 69(1):1-7.
21. Aaby P. Malnutrition and overcrowding/intensive exposure in severe measles infection: review of community studies. Rev Infect Dis 1988, 10(2):478-491.
22. Chen R.T., Weierbach R., Bisoffi Z., Cutts F., Rhodes P., Ramaroson S., et al. A 'post-honeymoon period' measles outbreak in Muyinga sector, Burundi. Int J Epidemiol 1994, 23(1):185-193.
23. de Quadros C.A., Olive J.M., Hersh B.S., Strassburg M.A., Henderson D.A., Brandling-Bennett D., et al. Measles elimination in the Americas. Evolving strategies. JAMA 1996 Jan 17, 275(3):224-229.
24. Yameogo K.R., Perry R.T., Yameogo A., Kambire C., Konde M.K., Nshimirimana D., et al. Migration as a risk factor for measles after a mass vaccination campaign, Burkina Faso, 2002. Int J Epidemiol 2005 Jun, 34(3):556-564.
25. Guri D., McCready J., Watson J.C., Atkinson W.L., Heath J.L., Bellini W.J., et al. Measles vaccine effectiveness and duration of vaccine-induced immunity in the absence of boosting from exposure to measles virus. Pediatr Infect Dis 1996 Dec, 15(12):1082-1086.
26. Vitek C.R., Aduddell M., Brinton M.J., Hoffman R.E., Redd S.C., Vitek C.R., et al. Increased protections during a measles outbreak of children previously vaccinated with a second dose of measles-mumps-rubella vaccine. Pediatr Infect Dis 1999 Jul, 18(7):620-623.
27. De Serres G., Boulianne N., Meyer F., Ward B.J., De Serres G., Boulianne N., et al. Measles vaccine efficacy during an outbreak in a highly vaccinated population: incremental increase in protection with age at vaccination up to 18 months. Epidemiol Infect 1995 Oct, 115(2):315-323.
28. Marin M., Nguyen H.Q., Langidrik J.R., Edwards R., Briand K., Papania M.J., et al. Measles transmission and vaccine effectiveness during a large outbreak on a densely populated island: implications for vaccination policy. Clin Infect Dis 2006 Feb 1, 42(3):315-319.
29. Mupere E., Karamagi C., Zirembuzi G., Grabowsky M., de Swart R.L., Nanyunja M., et al. Measles vaccination effectiveness among children under 5 years of age in Kampala, Uganda. Vaccine 2006, 24(9):4111-4115.
30. World Health Organization Measles vaccines: WHO position paper. Wkly Epidemiol Rec 2009 28 August 2009, 84(35):349-360.
31. Akramuzzaman S.M., Cutts F.T., Hossain M.J., Wahedi O.K., Nahar N., Islam D., et al. Measles vaccine effectiveness and risk factors for measles in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Bull World Health Org 2002, 80(10):776-782.
32. Singh J., Kumar A., Rai R.N., Khare S., Jain D.C., Bhatia R., et al. Widespread outbreaks of measles in rural Uttar Pradesh, India, 1996: high risk areas and groups. Indian Pediatr 1999, 36(3):249-256.
33. Hennessey K.A., Ion-Nedelcu N., Craciun M.D., Toma F., Wattigney W., Strebel P.M., et al. Measles epidemic in Romania, 1996-1998: assessment of vaccine effectiveness by case-control and cohort studies. Am J Epidemiol 1999 Dec 1, 150(11):1250-1257.
34. Kamugisha C., Cairns K.L., Akim C., Kamugisha C., Cairns K.L., Akim C. An outbreak of measles in Tanzanian refugee camps. J Infect Dis 2003 May 15, 187(Suppl 1):S58-S62.
35. Macro, Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics. Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey 2004-05. ORC Macro. Available at http://www.measuredhs.com/countries/country_main.cfm.?ctry_id=39&c=Tanzania; 2005 [accessed 20.07.09].
36. Centers for Disease Control Prevention Progress in global measles control and mortality reduction, 2000-2007. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2008, 57(48):1303-1306.
37. World Health Organization African Regional Office. Report of the second meeting of the African regional measles technical advisory group. Available at ; 2008 [accessed 20.07.09]. http://www.afro.who.int/measles/2ndtagmeeting/final_report.pdf.