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Assessment of measles immunity among infants in maputo city, mozambique

Jani, Jagrati V; Hansen, Carol Holm; Mussá, Tufária; Zango, Arlinda; Manhiça, Ivan; Bjune, Gunnar; Jani, Ilesh V.

BMC public health (Online); 8 (386), 2008

Background: The optimum age for measles vaccination varies from country to country and thus a standardized vaccination schedule is controversial. While the increase in measles vaccination coverage has produced significant changes in the epidemiology of infection, vaccination schedules have not been adjus...

Mozambique, Antibody Formation, Mouth Mucosa/virology, Urban Population, Immunity, Immunoglobulin G/analysis, Mass Vaccination, Measles/immunology, Measles Vaccine/immunology, Measles/prevention & control, Measles/virology, Disease Susceptibility/immunology, Disease Susceptibility/virology, Antibodies, Viral/immunology, Immunoglobulin M/analysis, Antibodies, Viral/analysis, Measles Vaccine/administration & dosage, Measles virus/immunology

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Assessment of routine surveillance data as a tool to investigate measles outbreaks in Mozambique

Background: Measles remains a major public health problem in Mozambique despite significant efforts to control the disease. Currently, health authorities base their outbreak control on data from the routine surveillance system while vaccine coverage and efficacy are calculated based on mathematical proje...