CDC Asking Physicians to “Think Measles” and Help Stop the Spread

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  Many of today’s physicians may never have seen a patient with measles— a disease that can cause serious complications in infants, young children, and adults. CDC is urging all physicians to “think measles” when evaluating patients who have fever and rash, and to know what to do to prevent, control, and report measles cases.
  
  Pediatricians and family practitioners are the primary healthcare professionals who will likely encounter people with measles. They should ensure that young children are getting the best protection possible against the disease—two doses of measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine on schedule. They should also remember to ask families about their travel plans to other countries; MMR vaccine can be given to children as young as 6 months of age, if they are traveling internationally. They should also remind adult patients that they may need MMR vaccine as well. Some adults may have missed out on vaccination in the past or may have only received one dose of measles vaccine.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Measles/prevention & control
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• CIO:
  NCIRD
• Division:
  NCIRD_DVD
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Historical CDC.gov Content
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:2e54d6fcbc4078bb7a254ddfb4192c0536f7e37e9b60aac792b11d270f59c012
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/137324/cdc_137324_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 221.26 KB ]