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| Measles Vaccination in the Korea |
| Young Mo Sohn, Duk Jin Yun |
| Department of Pediatrics, Yonsei Univedrsity, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea |
Vol.23 Num.2 (p67~72)
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In the past two years, there have been several measles epidemics, especially in the high population brban area. Among them, 18% of the patients were less than 9 months of age. This is showing that recent measles epidemics occur in infants less than 12 months of age. Among the patients older than 15 months of age, 31. 1% of those who had received a single dose of measles vaccination had resultant primary vaccine failure (i.e., measles specific IgM antibody positive). This implies that present measles vaccination schedule (1 dose at 15 months of age) should be changed as follows.
The schedule of measles vaccination being done at present should be brought to a forward date of 6 months and followed by a second vaccination to be done at 15 months. And the correct record of the vaccination should be done by the pediatrician and the record being kept permanently by the parent for accurate assessment of vaccination efficacy.
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