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Jamaica's measles elimination experience.

J M Hirshon1, B Irons, P Figueroa, K Lewis-Bell, M Goodman, G D Kirk, B S Hersh.   

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: This article describes the effort to eliminate measles from Jamaica and its impact on measles incidence.
METHODS: In addition to routine measles vaccination, the Jamaican Ministry of Health implemented a strategy of a 1-time-only catch-up vaccination campaign, conducted in 1991, and periodic follow-up campaigns, the first of which occurred in 1995.
RESULTS: Since 1991, despite careful surveillance, no serologically confirmed indigenous cases of measles have occurred in Jamaica.
CONCLUSIONS: Measles virus circulation has been interrupted in Jamaica. The Jamaican experience provides further evidence that global measles eradication is achievable.

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Year:  1999        PMID: 10432919      PMCID: PMC1508668          DOI: 10.2105/ajph.89.8.1254

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Am J Public Health        ISSN: 0090-0036            Impact factor:   9.308


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Authors:  M F Lowry; C G Miller
Journal:  West Indian Med J       Date:  1975-06       Impact factor: 0.171

2.  Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis in Jamaica.

Authors:  R H Gray; G Char; P Prabhakar; R Bainbridge; B Johnson
Journal:  West Indian Med J       Date:  1986-03       Impact factor: 0.171

Review 3.  Measles elimination in the Americas. Evolving strategies.

Authors:  C A de Quadros; J M Olivé; B S Hersh; M A Strassburg; D A Henderson; D Brandling-Bennett; G A Alleyne
Journal:  JAMA       Date:  1996-01-17       Impact factor: 56.272

4.  Current impact of measles in Latin America.

Authors:  J M Borgoño
Journal:  Rev Infect Dis       Date:  1983 May-Jun
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