Sieving R E
Int Nurs Rev. 1988 Jan-Feb;35(1):17-21.
Measles is one of the most ubiquitous and persistent of human viruses. Before generalized vaccination programmes, measles was widely considered an unavoidable disease of children and a part of growing up. This passive acceptance of measles is still held today, particularly in the developing world where measles complications are so severe that the disease is viewed not only as a primary cause of disability and death but as a precursor and aggravator of those great killers of children: pneumonia, diarrhoea and malnutrition (12). Of vital importance is the age at which it is best to vaccine children against measles. Using tropical Africa as a geographic model, this article briefly examines the evolution of minimum age policies since the measles control programmes in Africa began in the 1960s and the expected outcome, and gives recommendations for future research.
麻疹是人类最普遍且持久存在的病毒之一。在广泛推行疫苗接种计划之前，麻疹被广泛认为是儿童不可避免的疾病，是成长过程的一部分。如今，人们对麻疹仍持这种被动接受的态度，尤其是在发展中世界，那里麻疹并发症非常严重，以至于该疾病不仅被视为残疾和死亡的主要原因，还被视为儿童的那些重大杀手——肺炎、腹泻和营养不良的先兆及加重因素（12）。至关重要的是给儿童接种麻疹疫苗的最佳年龄。以热带非洲为地理模型，本文简要探讨了自20世纪60年代非洲麻疹控制计划启动以来最低年龄政策的演变及其预期结果，并为未来研究提出建议。
