The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal• Volume 31, Number 7, July 2012 ESPID Reports
and Reviews prospectively a cohort of 71 full-term and 101 preterm infants. Between 6 and …

The numerous outbreaks of measles, in both the United States and other countries, are
shocking to people my age, because we remember how severe ordinary measles could be …

Measles is a vaccine-preventable illness. Nevertheless, in recent years, measles is still
endemic and epidemic in both the developed world and the developing world. The public …

Disneyland has marketed itself as being the happiest place on Earth, but in early 2015 it
became the focal point for a measles outbreak that spread across much of the United States …

Background: We examined risk factors for measles infection before measles vaccination at 9
months of age in Guinea-Bissau. Methods: Among 1524 children enrolled in a trial of early …

We report two cases of neonatal measles (one congenital and one post natal infection)
admitted to our neonatal intensive care unit and discuss the management. This report intend …

Background. A measles epidemic occurred in the Netherlands in 1999 to 2000. We collected
data on hospitalized and deceased cases to inform the public about the risks associated …

The World Health Organization goal of eliminating measles in Europe will not be met by the
targeted year 2010. 1 In Italy measles incidence declined since vaccine introduction in 1998 …

Until recently measles was a very severe illness of infancy and early childhood in Jordan.
Incidence rates were estimated to be as high as 500 to 1000/100 000 and case fatality rates …

The Region of the Americas (North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean)
successfully interrupted endemic measles transmission in 2002, but recent outbreaks in …