Young infants 'susceptible to measles'

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"'This finding is..... An argument for timeliness of the first dose of a measles vaccine and vaccination of travelling or migrating children under the age of one year,' they added

An excuse to pump in more vaccine with the resultant increased profits, no doubt. And no mention of whether the babies studied here were breastfed - let's not forget that most babies are weaned from the breast by the age of about three months.

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Young infants 'susceptible to measles'

Last updated 19 May 2010

Scientists have called for ongoing research into the possibility of earlier vaccination against measles, amid concern that infants may be at risk until they are vaccinated at around 12 months of age.A new study in the British Medical Journal suggests that the level of antibodies babies receive from their mother drops over time.This means that young infants may have poor protection against measles between the ages of two to three months and 12 months.The research looked at 207 healthy women and their infants, all of whom attended hospitals in the province of Antwerp in Belgium after April 2006.In conclusion, the study authors said that their article 'describes a very early susceptibility to measles in infants of both vaccinated women and women with naturally acquired immunity'.'This finding is important in view of recent outbreaks and is an argument for timeliness of the first dose of a measles vaccine and vaccination of travelling or migrating children under the age of one year,' they added.NHS figures show that 86,000 children caught measles in 1987 - the year before the MMR vaccine was introduced to protect against measles, mumps and rubella.