麻疹疫苗 - 一个未满足的全球需求
Lori E Dodd1, H Clifford Lane1, Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum2
1National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
NEJM evidence
|February 27, 2024
概括
由于天花免疫力下降,刚果民主共和国的麻疹病例增加了. 监测显示,自20世纪80年代以来,mpox发病率增加了20倍,接种疫苗的个体感染率较低.
科学领域:
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 病毒学 病毒学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 马波克斯 (原名麻疹) 是非洲中部热带雨林的特有病,通过动物感染和人与人之间的途径传播.
- 在刚果民主共和国 (刚果民主共和国),第I类病毒 (MPXV) 感染是一个严重的问题.
- 1980年在全球范围内停止了天花疫苗接种,导致越来越多的人群容易受到骨病毒感染.
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