Prevention of measles in Sudan: a prospective study vaccination, diagnosisand epidemiology

Despite the availability of safe and effective live attenuated vaccines, me asles continues to be endemic in many developing countries. Control and eli mination of measles will be especially difficult in East Africa, because of its limited infrastructure and political instability. We have studied diag nostic and epidemiological aspects of measles in suburban Khartoum. Sudan. Prospective studies were carried out in a cohort of clinically diagnosed me asles cases and in a cohort of new-borns, which were both followed up for 2 years. The studies intended to provide a rational basis for improvement of measles vaccination strategies. and strengthen measles research infrastruc ture in Khartoum. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.