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ArticleTropical medicine and health2026

Resurgence of measles in Bangladesh amid a global upsurge: an urgent call for emergency public health response.

Sadeed Hossain, Ahsan Ahmed, Mohammad Sorowar Hossain

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Article in Tropical medicine and health, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Sadeed HossainDepartment of Emerging and Neglected Diseases, Biomedical Research Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Ahsan AhmedDepartment of Emerging and Neglected Diseases, Biomedical Research Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh. ahsan.ahmed@brfbd.org.
Mohammad Sorowar HossainDepartment of Emerging and Neglected Diseases, Biomedical Research Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Measles, a highly contagious yet vaccine-preventable disease, is resurging in Bangladesh following a global rise in cases. This study highlights recent epidemiological trends, including widespread transmission across most districts, rising pediatric vulnerability and increased mortality. Many affected children are either too young to be vaccinated or have missed their doses. Vaccination coverage has dropped in recent years due to pandemic-related disruptions, health system challenges, and policy delays, weakening community protection. Urgent steps are needed to improve routine vaccination, carry out catch-up campaigns, and strengthen surveillance to control the outbreak and protect children's health.

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PMID42192469
PMCPMC13214243

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