title: Measles vaccines, new developments and immunization strategies.
abstract: The development of an attenuated measles virus vaccine gave us a tool to combat a disease which has ravaged the child population throughout the centuries. Three decades later the vaccine has shown its qualities and its problems. Using this vaccine the WHO have decided on a measles eradication policy. This article discusses some of the issues which are being addressed and possible solutions.
authors: Unité INSERM 404 Immunity and Vaccination, Bâtiment Ex-Institut Pasteur de Lyon, France. wild@lyon151.inserm.fr
authors: T F
authors: TF
authors: Wild
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization; D008458:Measles Vaccine / Q000276:immunology*; D019444:Vaccines, DNA / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D008458:Measles Vaccine; D019444:Vaccines, DNA