RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Measles: A dangerous vaccine-preventable disease returns
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 393
OP 398
DO 10.3949/ccjm.86a.19065
VO 86
IS 6
A1 Amy Porter
A1 Johanna Goldfarb
YR 2019
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/86/6/393.abstract
AB 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.