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Original Article
Trend of Maternal Measles Antibody in Korean Infants before 10 Months of Age
Phil-Soo Oh, Sung Hee Oh
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1995;38(5):619-624.   Published online May 15, 1995
Purpose : The measles epidemic occurrence has not well been controlled in Korea. Vaccin- ation schedule for measles in Korea has been modified in several occasions with insufficient da ta base. The most recent recommendation is to immunize at 9 months of age with measles va-ccine(at 6 months of age during epidemics) and reimmunize at 15 months of age with...
Epidemiologic Study during 1993 Measles Outbreaks in Seongnam Area
Soon Ki Kim, In Kyoo Yi, Seung Kyoo Han, Jun Hee Park, Yun Jeong Chang, Jong Woon Choi, Jeung Gyu Kim, Byong Kwan Son
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1995;38(2):180-188.   Published online February 15, 1995
Purpose : Although remarkable progress has been made in efforts to control measles since measles vaccines became available for use, the long-term success of their vaccination programmes has been questioned, with the worldwide resurgence of the disease. This resurgence has increased attention on the inadequacy of current immunization programmes. In 1993 there have been measles outbreaks in Seong-nam city located...
Tuberculin Skin Test and Measles Vaccination
Mi Sung Chung, Young Mi Kim, Hyung Ja Park, Shinna Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1993;36(4):537-542.   Published online April 15, 1993
Although the incidence of tuberculosis in Korea in general has declined in recent years, it remains an important health problem, especially in children. Inspite of the recent controversy over the necessity of tuberculin skin test prior to measles vaccination, this brief report shows 13.8% of positive skin test at 9 and 15 months of age at the time of measles...
Measles in Previously Vaccinated Children -Rapid Changes in Measles Vaccine Potency by Storage Temperature-
Young Mo Sohn, Seung Kyu Lee, Kyu Hyun Park, Won Young Lee
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1992;35(12):1639-1645.   Published online December 15, 1992
A Study of Serologically Confirmed Measles
Sang Mook Choi, Chang Soo Oh, Sang Chul Park, Chang Hwi Kim, Sang Jhoo Lee
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1992;35(4):508-514.   Published online April 15, 1992
Forty one cases of serologically confirmed measles(positive measles specific IgM antibody) were evaluated among 55 cases of clinically diagnosed measles admitted to Soon Chun Hyang University Hospital from May to August 1990. The results were as follows: 1) Sex ratio was 1.6 : 1 with male predominance in 41 cases, 13 cases(31.7%) were vaccinated and 28 cases(68.3%) were unvaccinated. Primary vaccine failure...
A measurement of measles antibody titer in pediatric age group.
Min Hyea Kim, Jee Eun Lee, Jung Weon Seo, Young Mee Hong, Kyung Hee Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1991;34(11):1519-1525.   Published online November 30, 1991
We measured the degree of immunity of 155 childrens with the age from birth to 12 years to measles antibody titer by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELIZA) for determine the proper age the Measles vaccination. The results were as follows; 1) By age group, 64% of the children was positive for Measles IgG antibody with the age between 1 and 2 months and 17% of the children with...
An epidemiologic study of measles among hospitalized pediatric patients.
Sung Lae Park, Jae Won Oh, Sung Hee Oh, Hahng Lee
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1991;34(10):1356-1364.   Published online October 31, 1991
A clinical study was performed on 197 cases of measles that were admitted to the department pediatrics of Hanyang University Hospital during the period of 5 years from Aug. 1985 to Jul. 1990. The patients with measles were classified as preventable or nonpreventable. We obtained the following results: 1) The incidence of measles was greater during the last study year than the previous years. 2) The age...
Serological study to determine the optimum age for measles vaccination in Korea.
Gum Ja Lee, Kon Hee Lee, Hae Sun Yoon
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1991;34(9):1201-1210.   Published online September 30, 1991
In recent years, measles outbreak has involved a great population of cases in younger children. For this reason, we reevaluated the conventional vaccination schedule by measuring measles antibody level. Two groups totalling 244 children were included in the study. The non-measles group consisted of 133 children who visited or were admitted to our hospital during the 7 month period from Jan. 1990 through July 1990...
Seroconversion rate of measles specific IgG antibody in previously vaccinated children.
Kyeoing Hun Cha, Eun Kyeong Jung, Kyung Rae Moon, Kap Seung Kim, Sang Kee Park, Yeong Bong Park
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1991;34(8):1080-1085.   Published online August 31, 1991
This study was performed to evaluate the changes of measles specific IgG antibody titer using enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) on the sera of various groups of age. We obtained the following result: 1) Out of 118cases, 99cases (83.9%) were vaccinated children and 19cases (16.1%) were unvac- cinated children. Among them, the number of cases who had been infected with measles were 17 cases (17.2%) in...
Measles in Previously Vaccinated Children during Measles Epidemics.
Hwan Gyu Park, Jeong Wan Yoo, Soh Yeon Kim, Young Mo Shon, Sung Kyu Lee, Kyung Soon Song
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1990;33(11):1510-1515.   Published online November 30, 1990
A clinical study was made on 98 cases of measles patients admitted to YoungDong Severance Hospital during the period of 7 months from June to December 1989. The patients with measles were evaluated for presence of measles specific IgM antibody in serum, clinical symptom and vaccination history. We obtained the following results: 1) Out of 98 patients, 62 patients (63.3%) were vaccinated children and 36 patients...
A Case of Measles Hepatitis.
Sang Hoo Lee, Gae Soon Yeo, Sun Bock Suh, Moo Young Oh, Soon Yong Lee
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1989;32(12):1740-1743.   Published online December 31, 1989
In the pediatric age, hepatitis has rarely been recognized as a complication of measles infection. We have experienced a case of hepatitis in a 6-year-old boy with prominent clinical features of measles. A brief review of literatures was made.
A Measurement of Measles Antibodies among the Age Between 6 to 15 Months
Ki Young Lee, Sang Woo Kim, Kyoung Tae Hwang, Kyu Chong Choi, Jong Soo Kim, Chang Ju Cho, Baek Keun Lim, Hyun Sook Kim, Dong Soo Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1986;29(4):375-380.   Published online April 30, 1986
To determine the proper age of the measles vaccination, we must know the time when the passively transferred measles antibody from mother disappeared. Because it can be a major factor for vaccine failure to take the measles vaccine to the children who still have the passive immunity. We measured the degree of immunity of 50 children with the age between...
Case Report
Acute hepatitis in a 10 month old girl with Rubeola.
Youn Ha Kang, Young Min Ahn, Kyo Sun Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1985;28(2):174-176.   Published online February 28, 1985
Hepatitis has rarely been recognized as a complication of acute measles infection. Recently, a 10 month old girl is reported in whom abnormal liver function was a prominent clinical feature during acute measles infection. Hepatitis may be a clinical manifestation of acute measles infection of infant.
Original Article
A Clinical Observation of Measles: Influence of measles Vaccination.
Jung Sue Suh
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1982;25(8):816-823.   Published online August 31, 1982
The clinical observations and comparative studies according to vaccination was performed on 237 cases of measles that were treated at the pediatric ward and out patient clinic of Busan National University Hospital during 5 year period from Jan. 1976 to Dec. 1980. The results were summarized as follows : 1.The incidence of measles was most frequently in 1977 and a...
A Clinical Study of Meales: in relation to measles vaccination.
Ra Lee, Kyu Youp Kim, Soo Jee Moon, Chang Moo Park
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1981;24(3):191-197.   Published online March 15, 1981
We made a clinical observation of 191 cases of measles at the pediatric department of Hanyang University Hospital during the period from May, 1972 to May, 1979. The results obtained were as follows: 1.The incidence of measles patients among the total pediatric patients was about 1% and the ratio of the unvaccinated and the vaccinated was 72 to 28. Recently, the...