title: Commitment of measles elimination by 2020: challenges in India.
abstract: The eleven member states of World Health Organization South-East Asia Region committed to eliminate measles by 2020. In phased manner, Government of India is working on this goal, and has introduced two-dose strategy for measles vaccine in the routine immunization. Molecular epidemiology of measles in India has been considerably growing that would be useful for understanding the circulation of wild type measles in pre- and post-elimination period. However, importations of cases from other countries may be likely. This article describes major challenges to achieve the measles elimination goal in India.
authors.affiliation: Measles Group, National Institute of Virology (Indian Council of Medical Research), Pune, India. Correspondence to: Sunil R Vaidya, Scientist-D and Measles Group Leader, WHO Accredited National Reference Laboratory for Measles and Rubella, National Institute of Virology, 20-A, Dr Ambedkar Road, Post Box 11, Pune 411 001, India. vaidyasr@icmr.org.in.
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Vaidya
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D060740:Disease Eradication; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007115:Immunization Schedule; D007194:India; D007223:Infant; D008457:Measles / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000821:virology; D022542:Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine; D011159:Population Surveillance; D014611:Vaccination
chemical_list: D022542:Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine