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  • Title: Progress toward measles elimination in the Russian Federation, 2003-2009.
    Author: Onishchenko G, Ezhlova E, Gerasimova A, Tsvirkun O, Shulga S, Lipskaya G, Mamayeva T, Aleshkin V, Tikhonova N.
    Journal: J Infect Dis; 2011 Jul; 204 Suppl 1():S366-72. PubMed ID: 21666186.
    Abstract:
    Successful implementation of the Russian Federation's national measles elimination program has been ensured by high vaccine coverage (>95%) of the target population (with 2 doses of measles-containing vaccine), case-based laboratory investigation of measles, and active surveillance of measles cases among patients with rashes and/or fever. As a result, the incidence of measles has decreased to <1 case per 1,000,000 population (2007-2009); no circulation of D6 genotype, which was endemic in the Russian Federation, has been observed since the second half of 2007; and the proportion of imported measles cases of different genotypes increased to 19.8% in 2007 from 1% in 2003. To confirm successful elimination of indigenous measles, a documentation system was initiated in the Russian Federation.
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