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M&RI Recent Publications

Below are links to articles recently published regarding measles and rubella (listed first) as well as for articles of interest for other immunization (listed further below.)

Measles and Rubella
Epidemiol Infect. 2018 Aug 8:1-7.
Ongoing measles outbreak in Greece related to the recent European-wide epidemic.

Georgakopoulou T, Horefti E, Vernardaki A, Pogka V, Gkolfinopoulou K, Triantafyllou E, Tsiodras S, Theodoridou M, Mentis A, Panagiotopoulos T.

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Ital J Pediatr. 2018 Jun 14;44 (1):67.
Mandatory vaccinations in European countries, undocumented information, false news and the impact on vaccination uptake: the position of the Italian pediatric society.

Bozzola E, Spina G, Russo R, Bozzola M, Corsello G, Villani A.

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Euro Surveill. 2018 Aug;23(31).
A national measles outbreak in Ireland linked to a single imported case, April to September 2016.

Barrett P, Cotter S, Ryan F, Connell J, Cronin A, Ward M, Fitzgerald R, Lynch C, Margiotta T, On Behalf Of The Outbreak Control Team.

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Vaccine Volume 35, Issue 11, 13 March 2017, Pages 1488-1493
Demographics, epidemiology and the impact of vaccination campaigns in a measles-free world- Can elimination be maintained?

J.M.Prada, C.J.E.Metcalf, S.Takahashi, J.Lessler, A.J.Tatem, M.Ferrari

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Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy ;Volume 13, 2015 - Issue 11
Mitigating measles outbreaks in West Africa post-Ebola.

Shaun A Truelove, William J Moss & Justin Lessler

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Vaccine. 2018 Jan 2;36(1):170-178.
Impact of measles supplementary immunization activities on reaching children missed by routine programs.

Portnoy A, Jit M, Helleringer S, Verguet S.

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BMC Public Health. 2018 Jun 15;18(1):741.
Sub –national variation in measles vaccine coverage and outbreak risk: a case study from a 2010 outbreak in Malawi.

Kundrick A, Huang Z, Carran S, Kagoli M, Grais RF, Hurtado N, Ferrari M.

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Epidemiol Infect. 2018 Jul 19:1-3.
Mass vaccination response to a measles outbreak is not always possible. Lessons from a London prison.

Junghans C, Heffernan C, Valli A, Gibson K.

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Vaccine. 2018 Jul 27. pii: S0264-410X(18)31034-X.
Socioeconomic inequalities and measles immunization coverage in Ecuador: A spatial analysis

Rivadeneira MF, Bassanesi SL, Fuchs SC.

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Euro Surveill. 2018 Jul;23(30).
Measles outbreak linked to insufficient vaccination coverage in Nouvelle-Aquitaine Region, France. October 2017 to July 2018.

Bernadou A, Astrugue C, Méchain M, Le Galliard V, Verdun-Esquer C, Dupuy F, Dina J, Aït-Belghiti F, Antona D, Vandentorren S.

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PLoS One. 2018 Jun 19;13(6):e0199229.
Adverse events after vaccination among HIV –positive persons 1990-2016.

Su JR, Ng C, Lewis PW, Cano MV.

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MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2018 Jul 6;67(26):742-746.
Measles-Rubella Supplementary Immunization Activity Readiness Assessment India 2017-2018.

Gurnani V, Haldar P, Khanal S, Bhatnagar P, Singh B, Ahmed D, Samiuddin M, Kumar A, Negi Y, Gupta S, Harvey P, Bahl S, Dabbagh A, Alexander JP, Goodson JL.

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Euro Surveill. 2018 Jun;23(25).
Resurgence risk for measles, mumps and rubella in France in 2018 and 2020.

Béraud G, Abrams S, Beutels P, Dervaux B, Hens N.

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PLoS One. 2018 Jul 2;13(7):e0199786.
Use of the revised World Health Organization cluster survey methodology to classify measles-rubella vaccination campaign coverage in 47 counties in Kenya 2016.

Subaiya S, Tabu C, Nganga J,Awes AA, Sergon K, Cosmas L, Styczynski A, Thuo S, Lebo E, Kaiser R, Perry R, Ademba P, Kretsinger K, Onuekwusi, Gary H, Scobie HM.

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Open Forum Infect Dis. 2018 Jun 2;5(6):ofy130.
Immunization Mandates Vaccination Coverage and Exemption Rates in the United States.

Shaw J, Mader EM, Bennett BE, Vernyi-Kellogg OK, Yang YT, Morley CP.

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Vaccine. 2018 Jul 21. pii: S0264-410X(18)30998-8
Strengthening routine immunization through measles-rubella elimination.

Biellik RJ, Orenstein WA.

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JAMA Pediatr. 2018;172(9):811-817.
Public Health Consequences of a 2013 Measles Outbreak in New York City.

Jennifer B. Rosen MD; Robert J. Arciuolo MPH CPH; Amina M. Khawja MPH; et alJie Fu PhD; Francesca R. Giancotti PhD; Jane R. Zucker MD MSc.

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BMC Public Health. 2018 Aug 7;18(1):984.
Is early measles vaccination associated with stronger survival benefits than later measles vaccination?

Hansen JS, Thysen SM, Rodrigues A, Martins C, Fisker AB.

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Int J Infect Dis. 2018 Sep 7. pii: S1201-9712(18)34512-0
Measles Outbreak in a French Roma Community in the Provence Alpes-Cote dAzur region, France, May to July 2017.

Godefroy R, Chaud P, Ninove L, Julia D, Decoppet A, Casha P, Hraiech S, Brouqui P, Cassir N.

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Cureus. 2018 Jul 3;10(7):e2919.
The Anti-vaccination Movement: A Regression in Modern Medicine.

Hussain A, Ali S, Ahmed M, Hussain S.

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MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2018 Sep 14;67(36):1012-1016.
Sentinel Surveillance for Congenital Rubella Syndrome- India 2016-2017.

Murhekar M, Bavdekar A, Benakappa A, Santhanam S, Singh K, Verma S, Sapkal GN, Gupta N, Verghese VP, Viswanathan R, Abraham AM, Choudhary S, Deshpande GN, George S, Goyal G, Gupta PC Jhamb I, John D, Philip S, Kadam S, Sachdeva RK, Kumar P, Lepcha A, Mahantesh S, Manasa S, Nehra U, Munjal SK, Nag VL, Naik S, Raj N, Ram J, Ratho RK, Raut CG, Rohit MK, Sabarinathan R, Shah S, Singh P, Singh MP, Tiwari A Vaid N.

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Vaccine. 2018 Sep 11;36(38):5781-5788.
Immunogenicity and safety of measles-mumps-rubella vaccine at two different potency levels administered to health children aged 12-15 months: A phase III randomized non-inferiority trial.

The MMR-161 Study Group; Corresponding author: Federico Martinon-Torres, MD, PhD, Translational Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases, Pediatrics Department, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, A Choupana s.n., 15706 Santiago de Compostela, Spain. E-mail address: federico.martinón.torres.

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Vaccine. 2018 Aug 23. pii: S0264-410X(18)31135-6.
Dual-chamber injection device for measles-rubella vaccine: The potential impact of introducing varying sizes of the devices in 3 countries.

Wedlock PT, Mitgang EA, Siegmund S, DePasse J, Bakal J, Leonard J, Welling J, Brown ST, Lee BY.

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Other Vaccinations and Routine Vaccination
Vaccine 36:34, 16 Aug 2018, 5141-5149
Vaccination status of children aged 1-4 years in Afghanistan and associated factors, 2015

Shenton LM et al.

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Eur J Pub Hlth 4 July 2018
The growing vaccine hesitancy: exploring the influence of the internet

Vrdelja M et al.

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Hum Vaccin Immunother 2018 May 10, 1654-1659
Misinformation on vaccination: A quantitative analysis of YouTube videos

Donzelli G et al.

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International Health, 1 Sept 2018, 376-381
Impact of vaccine stock-outs on infant vaccination coverage: a hospital-based survey from South Africa.

Burnett RJ et al.

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Vaccine, 36:36, 28 Aug 2018, 5397-5401
Reasons for non-vaccination: Parental vaccine hesitancy and the childhood influenza vaccination school pilot programme in England

Peterson P et al.

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Hum Vaccin Immunother 2018 July3, 1599-1609
Measuring trust in vaccination: A systematic review

Larson, HJ et al.

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Pediatrics. 2018 Sep;142(3). pii: e20180780. doi: 10.1542/peds.2018-0780
Understanding FDA-Approved Labeling and CDC Recommendations for Use of Vaccines.

Meissner HC, Farizo K, Pratt D, Pickering LK, Cohn AC.

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Rev Paul Pediatr. 2018 Aug 9. pii: S0103-05822018005009103. doi: 10.1590/1984-0462/;2019;37;1;00008. [Epub ahead of print] Portuguese, English.
Perceptions on the Importance of Vaccination and Vaccine Refusal in a Medical School.

Mizuta AH, Succi GM, Montalli VAM, Succi RCM.

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Vaccine. 2018 Sep 5;36(37):5497-5499. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.07.013. Epub 2018 Aug 11. No abstract available.
School entry vaccination requirement program: Experience from the Republic of Korea.

Choe YJ, Park K, Park E, Kong I, Lee JK.

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PLoS One. 2018 Aug 2;13(8):e0201538. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0201538. eCollection 2018.
Home-based record (HBR) ownership and use of HBR recording fields in selected Kenyan communities: Results from the Kenya Missed Opportunities for Vaccination Assessment.

Brown DW, Tabu C, Sergon K, Shendale S, Mugoya I, Machekanyanga Z, Okoth P, Onuekwusi IU, Ogbuanu IU.

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Vaccine. 2018 Aug 16;36(34):5150-5159. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.07.019. Epub 2018 Jul 21.
Collecting and using reliable vaccination coverage survey estimates: Summary and recommendations from the "Meeting to share lessons learnt from the roll-out of the updated WHO Vaccination Coverage Cluster Survey Reference Manual and to set an operational research agenda around vaccination coverage surveys", Geneva, 18-21 April 2017.

Danovaro-Holliday MC, Dansereau E, Rhoda DA, Brown DW, Cutts FT, Gacic-Dobo M.

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Vaccine. 2018 Aug 6;36(32 Pt B):4904-4909. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.06.056. Epub 2018 Jul 7.
A population-based reminder intervention to improve human papillomavirus vaccination rates among adolescents at routine vaccination age.

Coley S, Hoefer D, Rausch-Phung E.

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Vaccine. 2018 Aug 16;36(34):5141-5149. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.07.020. Epub 2018 Jul 17.
Vaccination status of children aged 1-4 years in Afghanistan and associated factors, 2015.

Shenton LM, Wagner AL, Carlson BF, Mubarak MY, Boulton ML.

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BMC Health Serv Res. 2018 Aug 8;18(1):621. doi: 10.1186/s12913-018-3435-9.
Assessment of select electronic health information systems that support immunization data capture - Kenya, 2017.

Namageyo-Funa A, Aketch M, Tabu C, MacNeil A, Bloland P.

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Vaccine. 2018 Aug 6;36(32 Pt A):4806-4815. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.01.057. Epub 2018 May 22.
Human papillomavirus vaccine effectiveness by number of doses: Systematic review of data from national immunization programs.

Markowitz LE, Drolet M, Perez N, Jit M, Brisson M.

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Health Educ Behav. 2018 Aug;45(4):599-606. doi: 10.1177/1090198117739673. Epub 2017 Dec 21.
Vaccine Hesitancy and Online Information: The Influence of Digital Networks.

Getman R, Helmi M, Roberts H, Yansane A, Cutler D, Seymour B.

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Vaccine. 2018 Aug 23;36(35):5219-5221. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.06.066. Epub 2018 Jul 20. No abstract available.
HPV immunization programs: Ensuring their sustainability and resilience.

Vorsters A, Van Damme P.

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Vaccine. 2018 Aug 16;36(34):5160-5165. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.07.018. Epub 2018 Jul 14.
Cost-effectiveness of sex-neutral HPV-vaccination in Sweden, accounting for herd-immunity and sexual behaviour.

Wolff E, Elfström KM, Haugen Cange H, Larsson S, Englund H, Sparén P, Roth A.

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Int J Infect Dis. 2018 Aug;73:102-108. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2018.05.024. Epub 2018 Jun 12.
Cost-effectiveness analysis of universal influenza vaccination: Application of the susceptible-infectious-complication-recovery model.

Yang KC, Hung HF, Chen MK, Chen SL, Fann JC, Chiu SY, Yen AM, Huang KC, Chen HH, Wang ST.

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Vaccine. 2018 Aug 6;36(32 Pt A):4823-4829. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.04.061. Epub 2018 May 26.
Health and economic benefits of single-dose HPV vaccination in a Gavi-eligible country.

Burger EA, Campos NG, Sy S, Regan C, Kim JJ.

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Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2018 Aug;37(8):759-767. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000001891.
Economic Evaluation of Selective Neonatal Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Vaccination of High-risk Infants in Ireland.

Teljeur C, Moran PS, Harrington P, Butler K, Corcoran B, ODonnell J, Usher C, OFlanagan D, Connolly K, Ryan M.

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Vaccine. 2018 Aug 6;36(32 Pt A):4774-4782. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.12.078. Epub 2018 Feb 1.
Evidence for single-dose protection by the bivalent HPV vaccine-Review of the Costa Rica HPV vaccine trial and future research studies.

Kreimer AR, Herrero R, Sampson JN, Porras C, Lowy DR, Schiller JT, Schiffman M, Rodriguez AC, Chanock S, Jimenez S, Schussler J, Gail MH, Safaeian M, Kemp TJ, Cortes B, Pinto LA, Hildesheim A, Gonzalez P; Costa Rica HPV Vaccine Trial (CVT) Group.

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