1927
DOI: 10.1017/s0022172400031740
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The Serum Prophylaxis of Measles

Abstract: Malaya, or at least the part of it with which I am well acquainted— the coast districts of Selangor— was free from measles until 1910. In that year infection was probably imported from India by immigrnat coolies, and the disease spread rapidly through the rubber estates on which there was a considerable non-immune population of locally born Indians.

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“…The paper published by Dr Kingsbury in the Journal of Hygiene in November 1927 [1] is important because it was the first report of the use of convalescent serum for prophylaxis against measles in plantation workers. The report states that ' the coast districts of Selangor [Malaya] were free from measles until 1910'.…”
Section: Preventionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The paper published by Dr Kingsbury in the Journal of Hygiene in November 1927 [1] is important because it was the first report of the use of convalescent serum for prophylaxis against measles in plantation workers. The report states that ' the coast districts of Selangor [Malaya] were free from measles until 1910'.…”
Section: Preventionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The theme of immunity to viruses was taken further by the study by Kingsbury [24], in that this was the beginning of the measles vaccine that has been so successful in preventing this disease.…”
Section: Immunitymentioning
confidence: 99%