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PnuVax, a biopharmaceuticals and vaccines developer and producer, leverages the professional training and experience of its leaders and staff to help eliminate preventable infectious diseases on a worldwide scale. PnuVax’s efforts are focused on the vaccination needs of developing countries, where infectious diseases, such as measles, still need to be completely eradicated.
A 2019 study conducted by the Harvard Medical School showed that when a child gets sick with measles, between 20 to 50 percent of his or her antibodies get wiped out which results in depleted immunity. It will take a considerable time for his or her immune system to relearn to protect the body from infections. The frame of time from which the measles virus ravages the body until the time the immune systems get to relearn its function is called measles-induced “immune amnesia.”
Measles vaccine protects the body in two ways: prevent the acute illness from infecting, and to provide protection from other infection over a long period of time. The vaccine gives a general boost to the immune system. It prevents the body from forgetting or losing its immune memory, thereby preserving the body’s resistance from other infections.
The study was the first to measure the damage caused by measles virus infection. The study further underlines the importance of preventing measles infection through full vaccination, which includes booster shots of all previous childhood vaccinations.
The researchers also recommend that clinicians should consider bolstering the immune system of patients under-recovery from measles infection by giving them booster shots of previous routine vaccines, such as polio and hepatitis. Re-vaccination following a measles infection can help in mitigating any long-term effects that result from immune amnesia.
A 2019 study conducted by the Harvard Medical School showed that when a child gets sick with measles, between 20 to 50 percent of his or her antibodies get wiped out which results in depleted immunity. It will take a considerable time for his or her immune system to relearn to protect the body from infections. The frame of time from which the measles virus ravages the body until the time the immune systems get to relearn its function is called measles-induced “immune amnesia.”
Measles vaccine protects the body in two ways: prevent the acute illness from infecting, and to provide protection from other infection over a long period of time. The vaccine gives a general boost to the immune system. It prevents the body from forgetting or losing its immune memory, thereby preserving the body’s resistance from other infections.
The study was the first to measure the damage caused by measles virus infection. The study further underlines the importance of preventing measles infection through full vaccination, which includes booster shots of all previous childhood vaccinations.
The researchers also recommend that clinicians should consider bolstering the immune system of patients under-recovery from measles infection by giving them booster shots of previous routine vaccines, such as polio and hepatitis. Re-vaccination following a measles infection can help in mitigating any long-term effects that result from immune amnesia.
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