CHICAGO Authentic Jaquiski Tartt Jersey , Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- Mothers in China are not passing on protective antibodies against measles to their infants, leaving children under 8 months vulnerable to the disease, researchers at the University of Michigan (UM) have found.


Moreover, the level of protective antibodies decreased with age, with almost all infants lacking maternal antibodies at 3 months old.


The study shows that current vaccination programs are not effective in controlling transmission of measles to infants, said Matthew Boulton, senior associate dean for global public health at UM School of Public Health. He suggests the infants or their mothers may need additional protection.


The 2011-2015 study involved 551 infants aged one to eight months old and their mothers from 120 rural villages and urban communities representing each of the 16 geographic districts in Tianjin in northeastern China.


Research has shown that when a pregnancy goes full term and the mother has adequate nutrition, she will typically pass on antibody protection to the fetus if she has been immunized or has had a case of the measles.


The current study showed mothers with a known history of measles provided 1.6 times higher titers, the concentrations of antibodies in the blood, to their infants than those mothers who had no known history with the disease or vaccination; over two-thirds of mothers who were immune to measles were unsure if they had been vaccinated or had disease.


Although infant deaths have decreased by 79 percent since 2000, measles continues to be one of the most infectious diseases in the world, and claimed more than 134,000 lives worldwide in 2015, mostly infants and young children. And a large percentage of measles cases continue to occur in China.


In China, children usually receive the first dose of measles vaccine at 8 months, and the second dose at 18-24 months.


"China has been very successful at immunizing eligible children for measles and for carrying out very large Special Immunization Activities (e.g., National Immunization Days), which have resulted in literally millions of children being vaccinated for measles in a short period of time," Boulton said.


"Despite these successes, measles continues to occur at unacceptably high rates in both young infants and adults, which points to the need for new approaches, including the possibility of launching organized campaigns to immunize young women of reproductive age," Boulton said.


The study was published in the latest issue of Journal of Infectious Diseases.


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SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's top policymaker in charge of affairs with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Tuesday stressed the importance for inter-Korean economic cooperation to resolve the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula.


Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon said at a forum in Seoul that the "New Korean Peninsula Economic Initiative," advocated by President Moon Jae-in, could be a solution to the nuclear issue on the peninsula, saying efforts would be urgently needed to resolve it peacefully and fundamentally.


The initiative was championed by Moon, who took office in May, during his campaign trail to improve relations with the DPRK through economic cooperation in three major economic zones, including those in the East and West Seas and inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) dividing the two sides.


The economic development in the three zones in cooperation with the DPRK was aimed to be linked to the Moon government's so-called new northern economic policy, which targets the logistic hub connecting the land and sea routes from South Korea to Russia through the DPRK.


Moon has been widely forecast to inherit the Sunshine policy, advocated by his liberal predecessors, of engagement with the DPRK through economic cooperation and exchanges of culture, sports and personnel.


The unification minister said the initiative would provide a new growth engine for the South Korean economy, while helping the DPRK economy revitalized and changed, to lay foundation for economic reunification through mutually beneficial cooperation.


The push for the initiative, Cho said, would make DPRK people notice that they can live peacefully without a nuclear program.


However, the minister noted that the peninsula's crisis escalated with the vicious cycle of the DPRK's provocations leading to the international community's sanctions.


On Sept. 3, Pyongyang detonated its sixth nuclear device, believed to have been the most powerful one ever carried out by the country.


The UN Security Council adopted a new resolution toughening sanctions on the DPRK.


Days later, the Asian country flew an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM), called Hwasong-12, over Japan.


Cho added that the South Korean government will make consistent efforts to form a virtuous cycle of stopping the confrontation on the peninsula and in Northeast Asia and building peace.


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