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A literature review highlighted intricate issues, vaccination failures, and epidemiological challenges complicating the global eradication of measles following a local hospital outbreak.
A review of measles outbreaks and vaccination strategies highlighting the challenges in global eradication of the virus.
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Measles, a highly infectious viral disease is the next target for eradication following poliovirus. Decades of experience with highly effective vaccination has invigorated us to take on this virus. The task is not only Titanic but is laced with intricate issues. Recently, an outbreak of fever with rash occurred on a tertiary care teaching hospital campus and was confirmed serologically as measles outbreak by IgMELISA. Therefore, we searched the literature related to outbreaks, transmission of the measles virus, age groups involved, vaccination strategies, vaccination failure and epidemiological features of the disease and reviewed the possible reasons for such outbreaks and problems in the global eradication of the virus.
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Alerts clinicians to vaccination gaps; leaves open optimal strategies for eradication research.
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Kulkarni et al. (2017) conducted a review in Measles. A literature review highlighted intricate issues, vaccination failures, and epidemiological challenges complicating the global eradication of measles following a local hospital outbreak.
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