Jamaica's measles elimination experience
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11030784 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jon Mark Hirshon (0000-0002-5247-529X, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Americas), Beryl Irons, Peter Figueroa (Ministry of Health), K Lewis-Bell, Karen Lewis‐Bell (Ministry of Health), M Goodman, Marc T Goodman (0000-0002-4839-3021, Johns Hopkins University), Gregory D Kirk (0000-0002-7829-1405, Johns Hopkins University), Bradley S Hersh |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 89 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 1254-1255 |
| Publication date | 1999-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.89.8.1254 |
| PMID | 10432919 |
| OpenAlex | W2015761209 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
OBJECTIVES: This article describes the effort to eliminate measles from Jamaica and its impact on measles incidence. METHODS: In addition to routine measles vaccination, the Jamaican Ministry of Health implemented a strategy of a 1-time-only catch-up vaccination campaign, conducted in 1991, and periodic follow-up campaigns, the first of which occurred in 1995. RESULTS: Since 1991, despite careful surveillance, no serologically confirmed indigenous cases of measles have occurred in Jamaica. CONCLUSIONS: Measles virus circulation has been interrupted in Jamaica. The Jamaican experience provides further evidence that global measles eradication is achievable
Biology · Christian ministry · Environmental health · Incidence (geometry) · Indigenous · Measles · Measles vaccine · Measles virus · Political science · Vaccination · Demography · Medicine · Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment · Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy · Virology · Virology and Viral Diseases
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |