[The present epidemiologic status and prognosis in measles].
During 1990 and partly also 1991, after a practically 10-year zero incidence of measles on the territory of the Czech Republic a measles epidemic broke out. The most severely affected group were adolescents aged 15-19 years who were immunized only by a single dose of vaccine. Conversely the lowest morbidity was recorded in 2-9-year-old children who were immunized already with two doses. The cause of the epidemic was primary failure of the vaccine leading to a low level of collective immunity in some population age brackets. The authors discuss and explain the strategy of immunization against measles involving two doses of vaccine after a 6-10-month interval. In the conclusion possibilities to achieve permanent elimination of measles on our territory are discussed.
Sejda
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Institut pro dalsí vzdĕlávání lékarů a farmaceutů, Praha.
Prívorová
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Benes
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C
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003604:Czechoslovakia / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008457:Measles / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011379:Prognosis