This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: None, Subject name: Social & Preventive Medicine
Measles elimination criteria are all except ? 
Select and explain. 
A. Absence of endemic measles, B. For more than 12 months, C. Incidence < 1 per 1 lac population, D. Transmission at low level
D: Transmission at low level
Answer: D: Transmission at low level 
Explanation: Ans. is 'd' i.e., Transmission at low level WHO defines elimination of measles as the absence of endemic measles for a period of 12 months in the presence of adequate surveillance. One indicater of measles elimination is a sustained measles incidence < 1/100, 000 population. In 2005, the World Health Assembly set a goal of achieving a 90% reduction in global measles moality by 2010 as compared with level in 2000.