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Measles Vaccines | |
The following sources are recommended by a professor emeritus whose research specialty is measles vaccination. |
· Redd SC, Markowitz LE, Katz SL. Measles Vaccine. Chapter 12, pg. 222-266, in Vaccines, edited by SA Plotkin and WA Orenstein, WB Saunders Co, 1999.
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· Krugman S. Present status of measles and rubella immunization in the United States: A medical progress report. J Pediatrics 1977; 90:1-12.
· Markowitz LE, Preblud SR, Fine PEM, Orenstein WA. Duration of live measles vaccine-induced immunity. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1990; 9:101-110.
· Tulchinsky TH, Ginsberg GM, Abed Y, Angeles MT, Akukwe C, Bonn J. Measles control in developing and developed countries: The case for a two-dose policy. Bull WHO 1993; 71:93-103.
· deQuadros CA, Olive JM, Hersh BS. Measles elimination in the Americas: Evolving strategies. JAMA 1996; 275:224-229.
· Dept. of Vaccines and Biologicals, World Health Organization. Report of a meeting on research related to measles control and elimination. 2000. Available online at http://whqlibdoc.who.int/hq/2000/WHO_V&B_00.31.pdf
· Dilraj A, Cutts FT, deCastro JF, Wheeler JG, Brown D, Roth C, Coovadia HM, Bennett JV. Response to different measles vaccine strains given by aerosol and subcutaneous routes to schoolchildren: A randomized trial. Lancet 2000; 355:798-803.
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