Measles -- Ethiopia
Waning MMR immunity, vaccine hesitancy, could mean more measles outbreaks.
A systematic review and meta-analysis of 62 studies has found that immunity conferred by the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine fades each subsequent year, suggesting that vaccination strategies should be revisited.
The study, published yesterday [1 Sep 2020] in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, showed that 96.0% of patients inoculated with the 2-dose trivalent MMR vaccine initially developed antibodies
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?7751801&promed&0
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