Measles & Rubella Initiative | Recent Publications

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.)

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Vaccine. 2021 Apr 17:S0264-410X(21)00424-2. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.03.095
Trends in measles incidence and measles vaccination coverage in Nigeria, 2008-2018.

Jean Baptiste AE, Masresha B, Wagai J, Luce R, Oteri J, Dieng B, Bawa S, Ikeonu OC, Chukwuji M, Braka F, Sanders EAM, Hahné S, Hak E.

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Epidemiol Infect. 2021 Apr 19:1-17. doi: 10.1017/S0950268821000868
A large outbreak of measles in the West Midlands, England, 2017-2018: descriptive epidemiology, control measures and lessons learnt.

Mulchandani R, Sibal B, Phillips A, Suleman S, Banerjee A, Teagle R, Foulkes S, Spence K, Edeghere O.

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Vaccine. 2021 Apr 13:S0264-410X(21)00291-7. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.03.023.
Incorporating equity in infectious disease modeling: Case study of a distributional impact framework for measles transmission.

Menkir TF, Jbaily A, Verguet S.

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J Hosp Infect. 2021 Apr 13:S0195-6701(21)00156-0. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2021.04.005.
A 2018 hospital-mediated outbreak of 42 measles cases in Ireland: observations regarding emergency department waiting times and staff vaccination levels.

Woods S, Power L, O’Connell NH, Dunne CP.

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Vaccine. 2021 Apr 12:S0264-410X(21)00401-1. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.03.085.
Ten-year follow-up on efficacy, immunogenicity and safety of two doses of a combined measles-mumps-rubella-varicella vaccine or one dose of monovalent varicella vaccine: Results from five East European countries.

Prymula R, Povey M, Brzostek J, Cabrnochova H, Chlibek R, Czajka H, Leviniene G, Man S, Neamtu M, Pazdiora P, Plesca D, Ruzkova R, Stefkovicova M, Usonis V, Verdanova D, Wysocki J, Casabona G, Habib MA.

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Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2021 Apr 13:1-8. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2021.1911215.
Evaluation of measles vaccination coverage in Lincang City, Yunnan Province, China.

Yang X, Tang T, Yang Z, Liu L, Yuan S, Zhang T.

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BMC Public Health. 2021 Apr 13;21(1):620. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-10652-9
Outbreak response operations during the US measles epidemic, 2017-19.

Martin EK, Shearer MP, Trotochaud M, Nuzzo JB.

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Vaccines (Basel). 2021 Mar 22;9(3):295. doi: 10.3390/vaccines9030295
Low Seroprevalence of Measles-Specific IgG in Children of Three Ethnic Groups from Mexico: Influence of Age, Sex, Malnutrition and Family Size.

Sánchez-Alemán MA, Gutiérrez-Pérez IA, Díaz-Salgado N, Zaragoza-García O, Olamendi-Portugal M, Castro-Alarcón N, Parra-Rojas I, Guzmán-Guzmán IP.

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BMC Infect Dis. 2021 Mar 25;21(1):305. doi: 10.1186/s12879-021-05970-7
Measles and rubella serosusceptibity among population vaccinated with different schedules: the potential impact on measles-rubella elimination in Iran.

Saffar H, Khalifeloo M, Saffar MJ, Abdollahi A, Parsaei MR, Ghorbani GR, Salarvand S, Aarabi M.

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Indian J Public Health. 2021 Jan;65(Supplement):S23-S28. doi: 10.4103/ijph.IJPH_1067_20.
Measles outbreak investigation at Indo-Myanmar border, Longding District, Arunachal Pradesh, India, 2017.

Dzeyie KA, Lowang D, Dikid T, Wangsu W, Tamir T; Working Group*

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BMC Public Health. 2021 Mar 22;21(1):566. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-10563-9
Determinants of physician attitudes towards the new selective measles vaccine mandate in Germany.

Neufeind J, Betsch C, Zylka-Menhorn V, Wichmann O.

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Vaccine. 2021 Mar 17:S0264-410X(21)00262-0. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.02.071
Reasons why children miss vaccinations in Western Kenya; A step in a five-point plan to improve routine immunization.

Agócs M, Ismail A, Kamande K, Tabu C, Momanyi C, Sale G, Rhoda DA, Khamati S, Mutonga K, Mitto B, Hennessey K.

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Risk Manag Healthc Policy. 2021 Mar 11;14:997-1008. doi: 10.2147/RMHP.S295889.
Evaluation of Measles Surveillance Systems in Ginnir District, Bale Zone, Southeast Ethiopia: A Concurrent Embedded Mixed Quantitative/Qualitative Study.

Kalil FS, Bedaso MH, Abdulle MS, Mohammed NU.

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Infect Drug Resist. 2021 Mar 11;14:963-970. doi: 10.2147/IDR.S296928.
Risk Factors of Measles Outbreak Among Students of Mizan-Tepi University, Tepi Campus, Southwest Ethiopia.

W/Kidan F, Getachew D, Mekonnen B, Woldeselassie Hammeso W.

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Open Forum Infect Dis. 2020 Aug 17;7(9):ofaa332. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa332. eCollection 2020 Sep.
A Major Regional Measles Outbreak: Description of Hospitalized Cases in 2017-2018 at Bordeaux University Hospital, France.

Laure B, Jacques F, Mathilde P, Anne-Marie R, Maïder C, Jean S, Alexandre B, Didier N, Astrid V, Julia D, Marie-Edith L, Cazanave C.

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J Clin Microbiol. 2021 Mar 17:JCM.02716-20. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02716-20.
Development of a Measles and Rubella Multiplex Bead Serological Assay for Assessing Population Immunity.

Coughlin MM, Matson Z, Sowers SB, Priest JW, Smits GP, van der Klis FRM, Mitchell A, Hickman CJ, Scobie HM, Goodson JL, Alexander JP Jr, Rota PA, Bankamp B.

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J Clin Microbiol. 2021 Mar 17:JCM.03161-20. doi: 10.1128/JCM.03161-20
Evaluation of diagnostic accuracy of eight commercial assays for the detection of measles virus specific IgM antibodies.

Hiebert J, Zubach V, Charlton CL, Fenton J, Tipples GA, Fonseca K, Severini A.

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Vaccine. 2021 Mar 10:S0264-410X(21)00258-9. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.02.067
Adverse events following immunization: Findings from 2017/2018 measles vaccination campaign, Nigeria AEFI reporting in 2017/2018 measles vaccination campaign.

Gbenewei E, Nomhwange T, Taiwo L, Ayodeji I, Yusuf K, Jean Baptiste AE, Nsubuga P, Braka F, Oteri J, Shuaib F.

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Vaccine. 2021 Mar 10:S0264-410X(21)00259-0. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.02.068.
Ensuring accountability in implementation of supplementary immunisation activities: A case study of the 2017/2018 measles vaccination campaign in Nigeria.

Momoh J, Oteri AJ, Mogekwu F, Onwu N, Dieng B, Bawa S, Braka F, Nsubuga P, Shuaib F.

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Pediatrics. 2021 Mar 12:e2020027037. doi: 10.1542/peds.2020-027037.
Societal Costs of a Measles Outbreak.

Pike J, Melnick A, Gastañaduy PA, Kay M, Harbison J, Leidner AJ, Rice S, Asato K, Schwartz L, DeBolt C.

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Pediatrics. 2021 Mar 12:e2020035303. doi: 10.1542/peds.2020-035303.
The Many Costs of Measles Outbreaks and Undervaccination: Why We Need to Invest in Public Health.

Cataldi JR.

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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 Mar 23;118(12):e2026153118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2026153118
A safe and highly efficacious measles virus-based vaccine expressing SARS-CoV-2 stabilized prefusion spike.

Lu M, Dravid P, Zhang Y, Trivedi S, Li A, Harder O, Kc M, Chaiwatpongsakorn S, Zani A, Kenney A, Zeng C, Cai C, Ye C, Liang X, Shimamura M, Liu SL, Mejias A, Ramilo O, Boyaka PN, Qiu J, Martinez-Sobrido L, Yount JS, Peeples ME, Kapoor A, Niewiesk S, Li J.

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Adv Differ Equ. 2021;2021(1):138. doi: 10.1186/s13662-021-03306-y
Measles dynamics on network models with optimal control strategies.

Xue Y, Ruan X, Xiao Y.

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BMC Public Health. 2021 Mar 4;21(1):437. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-10436-1
Measles outbreak in complex emergency: estimating vaccine effectiveness and evaluation of the vaccination campaign in Borno State, Nigeria, 2019.

Jean Baptiste AE, Wagai J, Luce R, Masresha B, Klinkenberg D, Veldhuijzen I, Oteri J, Dieng B, Ikeonu OC, Meleh S, Musa A, Braka F, Hahné S, Sanders EAM, Hak E.

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J Clin Virol. 2021 Mar;136:104757. doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2021.104757
Evaluation of a measles virus multiplex, triple-target real-time RT-PCR in three specimen matrices at a U.S. academic medical center.

Broadhurst MJ, Garamani N, Hahn Z, Jiang B, Weber J, Huang C, Sahoo MK, Kurzer J, Hogan CA, Pinsky BA.

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Clin Exp Vaccine Res. 2021 Jan;10(1):44-46. doi: 10.7774/cevr.2021.10.1.44.
Adverse events associated with Measles and Rubella vaccination campaign 2019 in India.

Sharma R, Gaur A.

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Lancet Glob Health. 2021 Mar;9(3):e280-e290. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30481-2.
A scorecard of progress towards measles elimination in 15 west African countries, 2001-19: a retrospective, multicountry analysis of national immunisation coverage and surveillance data.

Wariri O, Nkereuwem E, Erondu NA, Edem B, Nkereuwem OO, Idoko OT, Agogo E, Enegela JE, Sesay T, Conde IS, Kaucley L, Awuah AA, Abdullahi S, Luce RR Jr, Banda R, Nomhwange T, Kampmann B.

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Lancet Glob Health. 2021 Mar;9(3):e223-e224. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00020-6.
Measles: the long walk to elimination drawn out by COVID-19.

Gignoux E, Esso L, Boum Y.

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Soc Sci Med. 2021 Mar;272:113704. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.113704
Playing Russian roulette with their kids: Experts' construction of ignorance in the California and Ohio measles outbreaks.

Kay Fullenkamp N.

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Vaccines (Basel). 2021 Feb 10;9(2):143. doi: 10.3390/vaccines9020143
Humoral Immunity against Measles in Mother-Infant Pairs during the First Year of Life in Greece: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Kanakoudi-Tsakalidou F, Farmaki E, Papadimitriou E, Taparkou A, Agakidou E, Glykou S, Papachristou F.

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Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2021 Feb 11:1-8. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2021.1876486. PMID: 33573436
Seroprevalence against the measles virus after vaccination or natural infection in an adult population in Madinah, Saudi Arabia.

Mahallawi WH, Ibrahim NA.

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Przegl Epidemiol. 2020;74(3):398-405. doi: 10.32394/pe.74.32.
Measles in Poland in 2018.

Bogusz J, Augustynowicz E, Paradowska-Stankiewicz I.

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Pan Afr Med J. 2020 Nov 17;37:245. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2020.37.245.24506
Effects of COVID-19 on the laboratory turn-around time of vaccine-preventable disease surveillance: the case of measles in South Sudan.

Kunjok DM, Zingbondo IM.

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Vaccine. 2021 Mar 1;39(9):1359-1363. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.11.050.
Challenges in measuring supplemental immunization activity coverage among measles zero-dose children.

Cutts FT, Danovaro-Holliday MC, Rhoda DA.

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PLoS One. 2021 Apr 16;16(4):e0248236. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0248236
Effects of engaging communities in decision-making and action through traditional and religious leaders on vaccination coverage in Cross River State, Nigeria: A cluster-randomised control trial.

Oyo-Ita A, Bosch-Capblanch X, Ross A, Oku A, Esu E, Ameh S, Oduwole O, Arikpo D, Meremikwu M.

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Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Feb 13:ciab127. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab127.
The Risk of Resurgence in Vaccine Preventable Infections Due to COVID-Related Gaps in Immunization.

Feldman AG, O’Leary ST, Isakov LD.

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PLoS One. 2021 Feb 17;16(2):e0246951. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0246951
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the utilization of routine immunization services in Lebanon.

Mansour Z, Arab J, Said R, Rady A, Hamadeh R, Gerbaka B, Bizri AR.

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PLoS One. 2021 Mar 24;16(3):e0248328. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0248328
The effects of scientific messages and narratives about vaccination.

Kuru O, Stecula D, Lu H, Ophir Y, Chan MS, Winneg K, Hall Jamieson K, Albarracín D.

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Epidemiol Infect. 2021 Mar 16;149:e75. doi: 10.1017/S0950268821000571
Association between live childhood vaccines and COVID-19 outcomes: a national-level analysis.

Ogimi C, Qu P, Boeckh M, Bender Ignacio RA, Zangeneh SZ.

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J Health Commun. 2020 Oct 2;25(10):808-815. doi: 10.1080/10810730.2021.1879366.
Vaccine Hesitancy and Demand for Immunization in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Implications for the Region and Beyond.

Obregon R, Mosquera M, Tomsa S, Chitnis K.

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Int J Med Inform. 2021 Feb 8;149:104413. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2021.104413
Using a low-cost, real-time electronic immunization registry in Pakistan to demonstrate utility of data for immunization programs and evidence-based decision making to achieve SDG-3: Insights from analysis of Big Data on vaccines.

Siddiqi DA, Abdullah S, Dharma VK, Shah MT, Akhter MA, Habib A, Khan AJ, Chandir S.

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Infect Dis Poverty. 2021 Mar 1;10(1):18. doi: 10.1186/s40249-021-00797-5
Levels of vaccination coverage among HIV-exposed children in China: a retrospective study.

Shen R, Wang AL, Pan XP, Qiao YP, Wang Q, Wang XY, Qu SL, Zhang T.

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J Pediatr Nurs. 2021 Feb 20:S0882-5963(21)00059-2. doi: 10.1016/j.pedn.2021.02.018.
Social distancing for COVID-19 decreased infectious diseases in children.

McBride DL.

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Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2021 Feb 25:1-9. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2021.1880860
Association between uptake of selected vaccines and undernutrition among Nigerian children.

Sato R.

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Afr Health Sci. 2020 Mar;20(1):227-237. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v20i1.28.
A review of the safety of vaccines used in routine immunization in Africa.

Yamoah P, Bangalee V, Oosthuizen F.

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Prev Med. 2021 Mar;144:106325. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2020.106325.
Elimination of cervical cancer: Lessons learned from polio and earlier eradication programs.

Hinman AR, Orenstein WA.

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Eur J Pediatr. 2021 Mar 5. doi: 10.1007/s00431-021-03997-1
Vaccination of immune compromised children-an overview for physicians.

Pittet LF, Posfay-Barbe KM.

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Digit Health. 2021 Feb 20;7:2055207621996876. doi: 10.1177/2055207621996876.
Mobile health approaches to disease surveillance in Africa; Wellvis COVID triage tool.

Owoyemi A, Ikpe R, Toye M, Rewane A, Abdullateef M, Obaseki E, Mustafa S, Adeosun W.

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J Med Ethics. 2021 Mar 9:medethics-2020-106805. doi: 10.1136/medethics-2020-106805
Vaccine confidence, public understanding and probity: time for a shift in focus?

Wheelock A, Ives J.

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