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JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 204, Issue -, Pages S47-S53Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jir065
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals, World Health Organization
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases [AI070018]
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Recent progress in reducing global measles mortality has renewed interest in measles eradication. Three biological criteria are deemed important for disease eradication: (1) humans are the sole pathogen reservoir; (2) accurate diagnostic tests exist; and (3) an effective, practical intervention is available at reasonable cost. Interruption of transmission in large geographical areas for prolonged periods further supports the feasibility of eradication. Measles is thought by many experts to meet these criteria: no nonhuman reservoir is known to exist, accurate diagnostic tests are available, and attenuated measles vaccines are effective and immunogenic. Measles has been eliminated in large geographical areas, including the Americas. Measles eradication is biologically feasible. The challenges for measles eradication will be logistical, political, and financial.
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