Prevalence of measles neutralizing antibody in children under 15 years in Southwestern Nigeria

Impact of a Nationwide Measles Immunization Campaign and Routine Immunization in Nigeria, 2006-2010: A Critical Review of South-South, Nigeria

“…In this study, we evaluated three age categories; those aged 0-59 months, 5-14 years and 15 years and above. The 79.8% measles cases recorded in this study, in children 0-59 months is higher than what is reported in other developing countries such as 32% in Ethiopia [5], 15% in Kenya [5], and 46.5% in southwest Nigeria [6]. The reason for the variation seen in data reported from different parts of Africa may be attributed to variation in measles surveillance sensitivity, or logistics challenges involved in reaching the population that is over 80% rural with vaccines and other interventions [7].…”