During the 1997–1998 measles epidemic in Poland a high attack rate occurred in infants up to 1 year of age (24.6/100,000 in comparison with 5.5/100,000 in total population). Routine vaccination against measles for infants aged 13–15 months was...
Read moreAbstract The recommended age for measles vaccination is based in part on information gathered when most mothers had natural measles. Nowadays many mothers have received measles vaccine. To assess this change measles antibody neutralization titers...
Read moreThis paper reviews literature on passively transferred maternal antibodies against measles in infants. The amount and decay of these antibodies can be a result of changing patterns in society: increasing cohorts of women are vaccinated against...
Read moreAn age-structured mathematical model of measles transmission in a vaccinated population is used to simulate the shift from a population whose immunity is derived from natural infection to a population whose immunity is vaccine-induced. The model...
Read moreThe outbreak of measles at Orlando, Florida was followed by a barrage of what can only be described as legalised ‘hate’ speech against parents who choose not to vaccinate (and parents who watched their children descend into chronic...
Read moreOn May 4, the Court of Cassation, or Supreme Court of Appeals – Turkey’s top administrative court – ruled against mandatory vaccination, saying that the program would lead to violation of individual rights. Again, on May 11, the same...
Read moreOn going through some more research papers on the rotavirus vaccine, I have discovered that the vaccine strain rotavirus is combining with the bovine products in the vaccine to create a new, reassorted hybrid human/bovine gastroenteritis that...
Read moreCould some vaccines drive the evolution of more virulent pathogens? Conventional wisdom is that natural selection will remove highly lethal pathogens if host death greatly reduces transmission. Vaccines that keep hosts alive but still allow...
Read moreThe Nepal government have passed a bill making vaccine providers liable for vaccine injuries or death. In the event of a death or injury, they will have to compensate the victim or his family. Administering out of date or faulty products or...
Read more‘It has recently come to the attention of the College that one of the recommended vaccines could possibly be associated with the very rare but serious condition of premature ovarian failure, also known as premature menopause. There have been two...
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