TY - JOUR AU - MacIntyre, Chandini Raina AU - Costantino, Valentina AU - Heslop, David J. PY - 2020 DA - 2020/10/07 TI - The potential impact of a recent measles epidemic on COVID-19 in Samoa JO - BMC Infectious Diseases SP - 735 VL - 20 IS - 1 AB - The pandemic of COVID-19 has occurred close on the heels of a global resurgence of measles. In 2019, an unprecedented epidemic of measles affected Samoa, requiring a state of emergency to be declared. Measles causes an immune amnesia which can persist for over 2 years after acute infection and increases the risk of a range of other infections. SN - 1471-2334 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-05469-7 DO - 10.1186/s12879-020-05469-7 ID - MacIntyre2020 ER -