{"id":114239,"date":"2021-06-23T13:15:19","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T07:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=114239"},"modified":"2021-06-23T13:15:19","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T07:45:19","slug":"measles-vaccine-effective-against-covid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/measles-vaccine-effective-against-covid\/","title":{"rendered":"Measles vaccine effective against COVID"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">News<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">: Measles-containing vaccines (MCVs) might offer children some protection against Covid-19 infection, shows early evidence from a study by researchers from\u00a0BJ Medical College\u00a0in Pune.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"64\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"88\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">The study analyzed 548 participants (aged 1 to 17) who were split into two groups &#8211; those who have tested positive for Covid (via\u00a0RT-PCR) and those who\u00a0haven&#8217;t.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Findings of the study<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Researchers found the MCVs had vaccine effectiveness of\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">87.5% against SARS-CoV-2<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0and that vaccinated participants had less severe Covid symptoms than the unvaccinated.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">What is the significance of the study?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">This recent study supports a much-discussed hypothesis that children are fairly protected against SARS-CoV-2 because of &#8216;non-specific immunity&#8217; following\u00a0inoculation\u00a0with live attenuated vaccines, including measles-containing vaccines (MCVs) and the Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) shot.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"65\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"89\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">The measles vaccine has been part of India&#8217;s\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">universal immunization programme\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">for the last 36 years.\u00a0The measles vaccine is given at\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">9 months\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">and\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">15 months<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"65\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"90\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Although their findings are encouraging,\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">larger trials would be needed\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">before a definitive conclusion can be made.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Terms to know<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"67\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"91\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Universal Immunization Programme<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Source<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">:\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/measles-vax-effective-in-kids-against-covid-study\/articleshow\/83731498.cms\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Times of India<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Measles-containing vaccines (MCVs) might offer children some protection against Covid-19 infection, shows early evidence from a study by researchers from\u00a0BJ Medical College\u00a0in Pune.\u00a0 The study analyzed 548 participants (aged 1 to 17) who were split into two groups &#8211; those who have tested positive for Covid (via\u00a0RT-PCR) and those who\u00a0haven&#8217;t.\u00a0 Findings of the study\u00a0&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/measles-vaccine-effective-against-covid\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Measles vaccine effective against COVID<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,8043,9],"tags":[212,215,8130,8132,8129,8131],"class_list":["post-114239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-current-affairs-cat","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-health","tag-health-and-related-issues","tag-measles-containing-vaccines","tag-measles-vaccine","tag-social-issues","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1703667654},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114239\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}