Measles Vaccine
Measles live attenuated virus is one of the safest and most efficacious human vaccines that saves 2-3 million babies’ lives each year. The virus was attenuated in the 60s by serial passages on chicken cells giving rise to several attenuated strains among which the Schwarz strain is the most attenuated and widely used in human preventive medicine
- One low-dose injection
- Life-long protective immunity
- Safety / efficacy track record over 2 billion children
- High genetic stability
- Established manufacturing
This vaccine is given to 80 – 95% of newborns worldwide (100 million babies per year). It induces life-long protective immunity after a single dose and a booster dose is recommended. Its safety and efficacy track record has been recorded in more than 2 billion children over the last 40 years. It is manufactured with well-established processes and does not contain adjuvant. As a paramyxovirus with non-segmented negative stranded RNA genome, it benefits of a high genetic stability.