Measles in the 21st Century: Progress Toward Achieving and Sustaining Elimination.

ABSTRACT: The global measles vaccination program has been extraordinarily successful in reducing measles-related disease and deaths worldwide. Eradication of measles is feasible because of several key attributes, including humans as the only reservoir for the virus, broad access to diagnostic tools that can rapidly detect measles-infectious persons, and availability of highly safe and effective measles-containing vaccines (MCVs). All 6 World Health Organization (WHO) regions have established measles elimination goals. Globally, during 2000-2018, measles incidence decreased by 66% (from 145 to 49 cases per million population) and deaths decreased by 73% (from 535 600 to 142 300), drastically reducing global disease burden. Routine immunization with MCV has been the cornerstone for the control and pre

SUBMITTER: Gastanaduy PA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8482021 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature