What is it about?
clinical profile of measles in children with special importance to infants. The clinical presentations and complications can differ in infants. Confirmed cases of measles were studied. A significant number of infant below the age of routine measles vaccination had measles.
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Why is it important?
WHO aims measles elimination by 2020. routine age of vaccination is usually above 9 months of age. infants below the age 9 months is a real challenge in attaining this aim.
Perspectives
importance of measles in younger than 9 months. Detailed evaluation of maternal measles antibody status is needed.
Thekkile Gangadharan Sindhu
Goverment Medical college Kozhikode
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This page is a summary of: Clinical profile of measles in children with special reference to infants, Tropical Doctor, October 2018, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0049475518804695.
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