Measles outbreak response immunization is context-specific: insight from the recent experience of Médecins Sans Frontières

Andrea Minetti; Cameron Bopp; Florence Fermon; Gwenola François; Rebecca F Grais; Lise Grout; Northan Hurtado; Francisco J Luquero; Klaudia Porten; Laurent Sury; Meguerditch Terzian

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001544

Measles outbreak response immunization is context-specific: insight from the recent experience of Médecins Sans Frontières

PLoS Med. 2013 Nov;10(11):e1001544. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001544. Epub 2013 Nov 5.

Authors

Andrea Minetti¹, Cameron Bopp, Florence Fermon, Gwenola François, Rebecca F Grais, Lise Grout, Northan Hurtado, Francisco J Luquero, Klaudia Porten, Laurent Sury, Meguerditch Terzian

Affiliation

¹ Epicentre, Paris, France.

Abstract

Andrea Minetti and colleagues compare measles outbreak responses from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Malawi and argue that outbreak response strategies should be tailored to local measles epidemiology. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Child
Child, Preschool
Congo
Developing Countries*
Disease Outbreaks*
Humans
Infant
Malawi
Measles / epidemiology
Measles / immunology
Measles / prevention & control*
Measles Vaccine
Organizations
Vaccination*
Young Adult

Substances

Measles Vaccine

Grants and funding

This study was financed by Médecins Sans Frontières. Authors from Médecins Sans Frontières participated in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, and preparation of the manuscript.