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

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...

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Main Authors: Rita F. Helfand, William J. Moss, Rafael Harpaz, Susana Scott, Felicity Cutts
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2005-05-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862005000500008&lng=en&tlng=en