Skip Navigation Links
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
 CDC Home Search Health Topics A-Z
Emerging Infectious Diseases: A strategy for the 21st Century
Contact us Specimen shipping Home
Site Contents

 General Information: Measles
Surveillance
Genotyping Results United States
Genotyping Results: International
Measles Lab Manual (English)
Measles Lab Manual (Español)
Vero/SLAM cell line
Serology
Specimens for Measles Virus Isolation
 Publications
Genetic Analysis
Guidelines for Naming
Strains or Sequences
Measles Strain Banks
 Genetic Characterization
and Sequencing

en español

Publications

These articles describe regional and global measles control and epidemiology as well as outbreak reports and immunization news. The articles and reports listed are from the following publications:

(1) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Weekly Morbidity and Mortality Report (MMWR)
(2) Regional Measles Summaries, WHO
(3) WHO's Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER).
(4) Pan American Health Organization's EPI Newsletter

In addition, a citation list for selected papersadobe acrobat (text-only) on measles sequencing and molecular epidemiology has been compiled for reference.

(1) MMWR homepage

  • Measles outbreak associated with an imported case in an infant-Alabama, 2002 (MMWR, Jan 23, 2004)

  • Absence of transmission of the d9 measles virus-Region of the Americas, November 2002-March 2003 (MMWR, Mar21, 2003)

  • Measles outbreak among internationally adopted children arriving in the United States, Feb-Mar 2001. (MMWR, Dec13, 2002).

  • Outbreak of Measles -- Venezuela and Colombia, 2001-2002. (MMWR, Aug 30, 2002).

  • Measles -- United States, 2000 (MMWR, Feb 15, 2002; 51(06); 120-123).

  • Progress toward interrupting indigenous measles transmission- Region of the Americas, January-November 2001. (MMWR, Dec 21, 2001, 50(5); 1133-7). 

  • Notice to Readers: Recommendations from meeting on strategies for improving global measles control, May 11-12, 2000 (MMWR, Dec 15, 2000; 49(49); 1116-8).

  • Measles, rubella, and congenital rubella syndrome -- United States and Mexico, 1997-1999. (MMWR; Nov 24, 2000; 49(46); 1048-1050).

  • Progress toward interrupting indigenous measles transmission- region of the Americas, January 1999-September 2000. (MMWR; Nov 3, 2000; 49(43); 986-990).

  • Measles -- United States, 1999. (MMWR, Jun 30, 2000; 49(25); 557-560).

  • Measles outbreak -- Netherlands, April 1999- January 2000. (MMWR, Apr 14, 2000; 49(14); 299-303).

  • Developing and expanding contributions of the global laboratory network for poliomyelitis eradication, 1997-1999. (MMWR, Mar 3, 2000; 49 (8); 156-160).

  • Global measles control and regional elimination, 1998-1999. (MMWR, Dec 17, 1999; 1124-1130).

  • Global disease elimination and eradication as public health strategies. (MMWR supplement, Dec 31, 1999; Vol 48).

  • Epidemiology of measles-United States, 1998. (MMWR, Sep 3, 1999; 749-753).

(2) Regional Measles Summaries, WHO (exit site)

  • EURO Measles Quarterly, Feb 2003, issue 2.

(3) Weekly Epi Record homepage (exit site)

  • Update of the nomenclature for describing the genetic characteristics of wild-type measles viruses: new genotypes and reference strains. (Wkly Epi Rec July 4 2003; 78:229-232).

  • WHO-UNICEF joint statement on strategies to reduce measles mortality worldwide. (Wkly Epi Rec July 5 2002; 77:221-228).

  • Nomenclature for describing the genetic characteristics of wild-type measles viruses (update) - Part II. (WHO/Wkly. Epi Rec Aug 17 2001;76:249-251).

  • Nomenclature for describing the genetic characteristics of wild-type measles viruses (update). (WHO/Wkly. Epi Rec Aug 10 2001;76:241-247).

  • Strategies for reducing global measles mortality. (WHO/Wkly Epi Rec, Dec 15, 2000; 75(50); 409-416).

  • Progress towards interrupting indigenous measles transmission in the western hemisphere. (WHO/Wkly Epi Rec; Nov 3, 2000; 75(44); 354-359.

  • Measles outbreak, Netherlands. (WHO/Wkly Epi Rec, Apr 14, 2000; 75(15); 119-121).

  • Measles: Progress towards global control and regional elimination, 1998-1999. (WHO/Wkly Epi Rec; Dec 17, 2000; 74(50); 429-434.

  • Progress towards measles elimination, WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region, 1980-1998. (WHO/Wkly Epi Rec; Dec 17, 2000; 74(50); 434-439).

(4) PAHO measles publication homepage (exit site)

  • EPI Newsletter, August, 2004
  • EPI Newsletter, April, 2004
  • EPI Newsletter, February, 2004
  • EPI Newsletter, December, 2003
  • EPI newsletter, October 2003
  • EPI Newsletter, August 2003
  • EPI Newsletter, June, 2003
  • EPI Newsletter, April, 2003
  • EPI newsletter, February, 2003 (PAHO)
  • EPI Newsletter, December, 2002 (PAHO)
  • EPI Newsletter, October, 2002 (PAHO)
  • EPI Newsletter, August, 2002 (PAHO)
  • EPI Newsletter, June, 2002 (PAHO)
  • EPI Newsletter. April 2002 (PAHO)
  • EPI Newsletter. February 2002 (PAHO)
  • EPI Newsletter, December 2001 (PAHO)
  • EPI newsletter, October 2001
  • EPI Newsletter. June 2001 (PAHO)
  • EPI Newsletter. April 2001 (PAHO)
  • EPI Newletter February 2001 (PAHO)
  • EPI Newsletter. December 2000 (PAHO)

Back to top

Other sources of information for Measles surveillance
item Pan American Health Organization
EuroSurveillance

Central Public Health Laboratory, UK

item Canada: Laboratory Centre for Disease Control
item Chile: Surveillance
item World Health Organization
Measles Initiative
Note: The links in this box lead outside the CDC site. Any links from these sites to nonfederal organizations links do not constitute an endorsement of these organizations or their programs by CDC or the federal government, and none should be inferred. CDC is not responsible for the content of the individual organization Web pages found at these links.

 About Adobe Acrobar Reader Files Some documents are available here in Adobe Acrobat Reader format (PDF). To view or print them, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader (version 3.0 or higher) installed on your computer. If you do not have the reader, you can obtain it free from Adobe Corporation. Click on the icon below to download the program from their Web site.
Get Adobe Acrobat Reader

  Top of Page

 

en español

Home | Specimen Shipping | Contact Us

CDC Home | Search | Health Topics A-Z

This page last reviewed January 4, 2006


National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Privacy Policy | Accessibility