Background: Previously, we demonstrated that measles antibody prevalence was lower at age 12 months among children infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) than uninfected children following measles vaccination (MV) at ages 6 and 9 months. Among HIV-uninfected children, measles antibody prevalence was lower among 1- than 2-dose MV recipients. Here, we report results through age 24 months.
Methods: Children born to HIV-infected mothers received MV at 6 and 9 months, and children of HIV-uninfected mothers were randomized to MV at 6 and 9 months or MV at 9 months. We followed children through age 24 months. The child's HIV status was determined and measles immunoglobulin G (IgG) level was measured by enzyme immunoassay (EIA) and by plaque reduction neutralization (PRN) on a subset.
Results: Among HIV-uninfected children, the difference in measles antibody prevalence at age 12 months between one- and two-dose recipients reported previously by EIA was shown to be smaller by PRN. By age 24 months, 84% and 87% of HIV-uninfected children receiving 1 or 2 doses, respectively, were seroprotected. Only 41% of 22 HIV-infected children were measles seroprotected at age 20 months.
Discussion: Measles seroprotection persisted through age 24 months among HIV-uninfected children who received 1 or 2 doses of MV. HIV-infected children demonstrated seroprotection through age 12 months, but this was not sustained.
Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2011.