title: Progress toward measles elimination in the Russian Federation, 2003-2009.
abstract: Successful implementation of the Russian Federation's national measles elimination program has been ensured by high vaccine coverage (>95%) of the target population (with 2 doses of measles-containing vaccine), case-based laboratory investigation of measles, and active surveillance of measles cases among patients with rashes and/or fever. As a result, the incidence of measles has decreased to <1 case per 1,000,000 population (2007-2009); no circulation of D6 genotype, which was endemic in the Russian Federation, has been observed since the second half of 2007; and the proportion of imported measles cases of different genotypes increased to 19.8% in 2007 from 1% in 2003. To confirm successful elimination of indigenous measles, a documentation system was initiated in the Russian Federation.
authors.affiliation: Federal Service on Consumers Rights Protection and Human Well-being (Rospotrebnadzor), Russian Federation.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Onishchenko
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ezhlova
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gerasimova
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Tsvirkun
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shulga
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lipskaya
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mamayeva
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Aleshkin
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tikhonova
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D017589:Immunization Programs / Q000458:organization & administration; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008457:Measles / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008458:Measles Vaccine / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D008458:Measles Vaccine