Measles Vaccination in Presence of Measles Antibody May Enhance Child Survival

• Main Authors: Christine S. Benn (Author), Cesário L. Martins (Author), Andreas Andersen (Author), Ane B. Fisker (Author), Hilton C. Whittle (Author), Peter Aaby (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2020-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: In trials of early two-dose measles vaccination (MV), with the first dose being given before 9 months of age, vaccination in the presence of maternal antibody reduced mortality 2- to 3-fold compared with MV in the presence of no measles antibody. We tested this finding in two historical...