Publications by authors named "Yan-kun Pang"

Article Synopsis
  • A study investigated a measles outbreak in Menglian County, caused by an imported d11 genotype virus from Myanmar, with a focus on understanding contributing factors and implementing effective control measures.
  • The outbreak resulted in 15 reported cases, primarily affecting young children and Myanmar citizens, highlighting gaps in vaccination history, but effective emergency vaccinations helped control the situation.
  • The findings stressed the risk of imported measles leading to local epidemics, underscoring the importance of timely vaccination to prevent the spread of the disease and the effectiveness of the measles vaccination in the region.
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Objective: Study on the epidemiological characteristics of poliomyelitis virus in Yunnan, from 2003 to 2007.

Methods: Surveillance data of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) cases from year 2003 to 2007 was gathered. All the stool specimens were identified to contain polio virus.

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Objective: To analyze the effect of different dosage of measles vaccines (0.2 ml or 0.5 ml) to measles antibody level in 8 month-old infants and study the relationship between maternal antibody in infants and the immune response to the vaccine.

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