Primal Health Databank: Study
| Entry No: | 0230 |
| Title: | Divergent mortality for male and female recipients of low-titre and high-titre measles vaccines in rural Senegal |
| Author(s): | Aaby P, Samb B, et al. |
| Reference: | Am J Epidemiology 1993; 138: 746-55 |
| Place of Study: | Senegal |
| Abstract: | The female-male mortality ratio from 9 months to 5 years of age for unvaccinated children was 0.94. It was 0.64 for recipients of the standard measles vaccine. In the 4 year period where high-titre measles vaccines were used in the study area, the female-male mortality ratio was 1.33 for recipients of the high-titre vaccine and 0.67 for recipients of the standard vaccine. Hence the standard and high-titre measles vaccines have divergent sex-specific effects on mortality. |
| Keyword(s): | measles vaccination, mortality rates, vaccination |
| Discussion: | This is one of the rare studies exploring the non-specific effects on health of early vaccinations. See entries 199, 224 and 229. |
| See Also: | 0199, 0224, 0229 |
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