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Measles in India: Epidemiology and control

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Better coverage of the susceptible population with measles vaccination has had a clear demonstrable impact on disease incidence. In the United States, 94 per cent of children entering school were protected in 1979 and since then the number of measles cases have shown a reduction of 95 per cent annually compared to the period before the vaccination programme. Similarly, measles eradication programme was launched in 1960s in an African country of Gambia and a disease free situation was achieved and maintained for 3 years. But this could not be sustained due to lack of funds and laxity in surveillance and enthusiasm of workers. It is, therefore, expected that with careful and sustained implementation of large scale countrywide campaign of measles immunization, the disease can be brought and kept under control in this country too.

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Narain, J.P., Banerjee, K.B. Measles in India: Epidemiology and control. Indian J Pediatr 56, 463–472 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02722415

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