How adequate is measles surveillance in the United States? Investigations of measles-like illness, 2010-2017.

ABSTRACT: Given the availability of an effective and safe vaccine, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that global measles eradication is achievable, and measles elimination goals have since been established as interim steps toward eradication. As part of a strategy to maintain elimination, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and WHO stipulate a minimum annual reporting rate of discarded non-measles cases of ≥2 per 100,000 population, in order to ensure sensitive surveillance and adequate investigative effort. With its effective vaccination program, the United States in 2000 was among the first countries to verify elimination, although subsequently, it has not routinely reported discarded rates. We estimated MLI investigation rates among insured individuals during 2010-2017, using d

SUBMITTER: McKay SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7993117 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature