Evaluating the impact of the HIV pandemic on measles control and elimination

• Main Authors: Rita F. Helfand (Author), William J. Moss (Author), Rafael Harpaz (Author), Susana Scott (Author), Felicity Cutts (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2005-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To estimate the impact of the HIV pandemic on vaccine-acquired population immunity to measles virus because high levels of population immunity are required to eliminate transmission of measles virus in large geographical areas, and HIV infection can reduce the efficacy of measles vaccinat...