Measles: There is No Vaccine against Vaccine Phobia

Rodney A. McLaren; Janet L. Stein; Howard Minkoff

doi:10.1055/s-0039-1697670

Measles: There is No Vaccine against Vaccine Phobia

Rodney A. McLaren
, Janet L. Stein
, Howard Minkoff

Obstetrics / Gynecology

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

Maimonides Medical Center

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Abstract

In 2000, the United States had effectively eliminated endemic measles. Unfortunately, due to misinformation and non-scientific based concerns, the rate of measles vaccination has declined. The United States is in the midst of its largest outbreak of measles since 2014, with 1,095 confirmed cases as of June 2019. The reasons for the re-emergence of measles and what this epidemic illustrates about the anti-vaccine culture in the United States are explored in this article.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	404-406
Number of pages	3
Journal	American Journal of Perinatology
Volume	38
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0039-1697670
State	Published - Mar 1 2021

Keywords

health belief model
immunization
measles
measles-mumps-rubellaMMR vaccine
vaccination

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