Measles: prospects of vaccine prophylaxis and decrease of morbidity in Moscow
Lytkina, I.N.; Filatov, N.N.; Mironova, V.F.; Solodovnikov, I.P.
Zhurnal Mikrobiologii Epidemiologii i Immunobiologii 1: 25-28
2001
ISSN/ISBN: 0372-9311 PMID: 11236496 Document Number: 535586
The results of the prolonged epidemiological surveillance on measles in Moscow are presented. The detailed analysis of the influence of immunization on the level of measles morbidity has been made. Changes in the age structure of measles patients with an essential increase in the proportion of adolescents and adults due to mass vaccination of the child population are shown. High risk groups have been determined according to the data of serological screening and epidemiological surveillance. The prospects of the vaccinal prophylaxis of measles under present conditions, as the basic intervention for achieving sporadic level of morbidity in this infection and further eradication are evaluated.