Progress Toward Measles Elimination in the Russian Federation, 2003-2009

Successful implementation of the Russian Federation's national measles elimination program has been ensured by high vaccine coverage (>95%) of the target population (with 2 doses of measles-containing vaccine), case-based laboratory investigation of measles, and active surveillance of measle...

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Published in:The Journal of infectious diseases 2011-07, Vol.204 (suppl_1), p.S366-S372
Main Authors: Onishchenko, G., Ezhlova, E., Gerasimova, A., Tsvirkun, O., Shulga, S., Lipskaya, G., Mamayeva, T., Aleshkin, V., Tikhonova, N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Age groups
Child
Child, Preschool
Dosage
Epidemiology
EUROPEAN REGION
Genotypes
Humans
Immunization Programs - organization & administration
Incidence
Infant
Infections
Measles
Measles - epidemiology
Measles - mortality
Measles - prevention & control
Measles Vaccine - administration & dosage
Measles virus
Population Surveillance
Russia - epidemiology
Surveillance
Time Factors
Vaccination
Viruses
Young Adult
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Summary:Successful implementation of the Russian Federation's national measles elimination program has been ensured by high vaccine coverage (>95%) of the target population (with 2 doses of measles-containing vaccine), case-based laboratory investigation of measles, and active surveillance of measles cases among patients with rashes and/or fever. As a result, the incidence of measles has decreased to
ISSN:0022-1899
1537-6613
DOI:10.1093/infdis/jir083