Measles Oral Swab as Field-Based Screening Test in Children

摘要

BackgroundIndonesia suffered from measles outbreak for many times, especially in the last five years. Most patients were children. WHO used measles specific Ig M from the blood as a gold standard but this test is invasive. Anti measles Ig M oral swab has been used as an alternative however there has not been any study about this method in Indonesia. The objective of this study was to validate anti measles Ig M oral swab for the diagnosis of measles in children.