Measles

Vaccine Confers Protection On Tribal Children, Despite Malarial Endemicity

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, August 14th, 2001

by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Children from two tribes in the Amazon region benefited from a measles vaccination program, despite living in a remote area that is endemic for malaria, say researchers working in Brazil.

R. Spindel and colleagues evaluated measles vaccination efficacy in children from two Indian tribes - Caiabi and Metuktire - in the Parque Indigena do Xingu (PIX). Vaccinees included 37 Caiabi and 28 Metuktire children, 20-75 months old who received the first dose on average at 11.5 months and the second at 20 months.

Immunofluorescence assay was used to measure immunoglobulin (Ig) G antibodies against measles virus and...

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