Measles on the move

Whilst there is a global effort towards measles elimination, and even eradication [1], spatial and temporal analysis of virus transmission between 1954 and 2017 demonstrates ongoing virus transmission in many countries and all world regions to date. Transmission, in fact, does not only occur within countries but is exported across boundaries, with frequencies of export from highly endemic countries such as China, India and Japan being high but decreasing, whilst frequencies of export from low to non-endemic countries such as the USA or Australia is low, but with a tendency to increase [1].
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Source Type: research