THE STUDY ON NUMBER OF CHILDREN BEING IMMUNIZED AGAINST MEASLES
Abstract Live measles vaccine induced protective levels of antibody in 70% of children with protein-caloriemalnutrition (PCM) within 21 days and possibly in 90% by 42 days. The development of specific antibody was delayed and symptoms due to the vaccine more frequent (64%) in these children than in healthy children. Administration of measles vaccine may have predisposed to an associated fatal pneumonia in one malnourished child. Human measles hyperimmune globulin can ...
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