Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Lessons and Challenges for Measles Control from Unexpected Large Outbreak, Malawi

Andrea Minetti

, Matthew Kagoli, Agnes Katsulukuta, Helena Huerga, Amber Featherstone, Hazel Chiotcha, Delphine Noel, Cameron Bopp, Laurent Sury, Renzo Fricke, Marta Iscla, Northan Hurtado, Tanya Ducomble, Sarala Nicholas, Storn Kabuluzi, Rebecca F. Grais, and Francisco J. Luquero

Author affiliations: Author affiliations: Epicentre, Paris, France (A. Minetti, H. Huerga, D. Noel, S. Nicholas, R.F Grais, F.J. Luquero); Ministry of Health, Lilongwe, Malawi (M. Kagoli, A. Katsulukuta, S. Kabuluzi); Médecins Sans Frontières, Lilongwe (A. Featherstone, H. Chiotcha, C. Bopp); Médecins Sans Frontières, Paris, France (L. Sury, N. Hurtado); Médecins Sans Frontières, Brussels, Belgium (R. Fricke, T. Ducomble); Médecins Sans Frontières, Barcelona, Spain (M. Iscla)

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Age distribution of children with measles reported in Malawi, 2010. Vaccine-induced immunity of children in age groups vaccinated mostly through a 2-dose vaccination strategy, whether they have been offered 1 dose of vaccine (2 years, 21–30 years of age) or 2 doses of vaccine (3–20 years of age) and natural immunity of children in age groups mostly immunized through natural infection (>31 years of age). Black bars, no vaccine offered; gray bars, 1 vaccine dose offered; white bars, 2 vaccine d

Figure 3. . Age distribution of children with measles reported in Malawi, 2010. Vaccine-induced immunity of children in age groups vaccinated mostly through a 2-dose vaccination strategy, whether they have been offered 1 dose of vaccine (2 years, 21–30 years of age) or 2 doses of vaccine (3–20 years of age) and natural immunity of children in age groups mostly immunized through natural infection (>31 years of age). Black bars, no vaccine offered; gray bars, 1 vaccine dose offered; white bars, 2 vaccine doses offered.

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