Primal Health Databank: Study
| Entry No: | 0220 |
| Title: | Non-specific beneficial effect of measles immunisation: analysis of mortality studies from developing countries |
| Author(s): | Aaby P, Samb B, et al. |
| Reference: | BMJ 1995; 311: 481-5 |
| Place of Study: | Various developing countries |
| Abstract: | This is an analysis of 12 observational studies from Bangladesh, Benin, Burundi, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Senegal and Zaire. All these studies compared mortality of unimmunised children and mortality of children immunised with standard titre measles vaccine in developing countries. Vaccine efficacy against death was much greater than the proportion of deaths attributed to acute measles disease. The standard titre measles vaccine may confer a beneficial effect which is unrelated to the specific protection against measles disease. |
| Keyword(s): | developing countries, measles vaccination, mortality rates, vaccination |
| Discussion: | This is one of the rare studies exploring the non specific effects on health of certain early vaccinations. See entry 0191. |
| See Also: | 0191 |
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