ABSTRACT
Although a safe and effective vaccine has been available for over 6 decades, vaccine hesitancy in the United States and social and political unrest globally have led to under-vaccination. As a result, in recent months, vaccine control of measles has been threatened with an alarming upswing in measles cases nationally and internationally. Here, we review the disease and its management in view of recent outbreaks.
- Copyright © 2019 The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. All Rights Reserved.
- Amy Porter, MD, PhD
- Johanna Goldfarb, MD⇑
- Professor Emerita, Education Institute, Cleveland Clinic
- Course Director, Microbiology, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
- ADDRESS:
Johanna Goldfarb, MD, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, EC40, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195; goldfaj{at}ccf.org
ABSTRACT
Although a safe and effective vaccine has been available for over 6 decades, vaccine hesitancy in the United States and social and political unrest globally have led to under-vaccination. As a result, in recent months, vaccine control of measles has been threatened with an alarming upswing in measles cases nationally and internationally. Here, we review the disease and its management in view of recent outbreaks.
- Copyright © 2019 The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. All Rights Reserved.