| AFRO | WHO African Region |
| AMRO | WHO Region of the Americas |
| CINAHL | Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature |
| EIA | Enzyme immunoassay |
| ELISA | Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |
| EMRO | WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region |
| EPI | Expanded Programme on Immunization |
| GMC | Geometric mean concentration |
| GMT | Geometric mean titre |
| GRADE | Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation |
| HIV | Human immunodeficiency virus |
| IgG | Immunoglobulin G |
| IgM | Immunoglobulin M |
| IU/mL | International units per millilitre |
| JBI | Joanna Briggs Institute |
| LMICs | Low- and middle-income countries |
| MBA | Multiplex bead assay |
| MCV | Measles-containing vaccine |
| MCV1 | First dose of measles-containing vaccine |
| MCV2 | Second dose of measles-containing vaccine |
| MEDLINE | Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online |
| mIU/mL | Milli-international units per millilitre |
| MMR | Measles–mumps–rubella vaccine |
| MMR2 | Second dose of measles–mumps–rubella vaccine |
| MR | Measles–rubella vaccine |
| MR1 | First dose of measles–rubella vaccine |
| MR2 | Second dose of measles–rubella vaccine |
| NR | Not reported |
| PICO | Population, intervention or exposure, comparator, and outcome |
| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses |
| PRNT | Plaque reduction neutralization test |
| PROSPERO | International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews |
| R0 | Basic reproduction number |
| RCT | Randomized controlled trial |
| RoB | Risk of bias |
| SEARO | WHO South-East Asia Region |
| SIA | Supplementary immunization activity |
| SIAs | Supplementary immunization activities |
| WHO | World Health Organization |