Measles eradication: recommendations from a meeting cosponsored by the World Health Organization, the Pan American Health Organization, and CDC. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report | June 13, 1997 | COPYRIGHT 1997 U.S. Government Printing Office. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

INTRODUCTION

During the early 1980s, in the aftermath of smallpox eradication, some scientists and public health officials urged consideration of a global effort to eradicate measles (1). During the mid-1980s, however, the high level of population immunity required to interrupt measles virus transmission became clear, and the prospect of measles eradication seemed to recede (2). As recently as 1993, a task force on disease eradication declared measles "not now eradicable"(3). The major obstacles to eradication cited by the task force were the contagiousness of ...

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