Preparing and Responding to Measles: Checklist for K-12 Schools

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. Division of Viral Diseases ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Description:
  Why Should K-12 Schools Prepare for Measles? Measles is caused by a highly contagious virus that spreads through the air when an infected person coughs or sneezes. If one person has measles, up to 9 in 10 people nearby will become infected if they are not protected through vaccination or previous infection.
  
  Measles can spread quickly in schools because students and staff spend a lot of time in close contact, and outbreaks can result in time out of school that disrupts learning.
  
  Measles is more than just a rash — it can cause serious health complications and even death. About 1 in 5 people who get measles will be hospitalized. The best protection is the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine.
  
  The risk for widespread measles in the U.S. remains low. However, measles cases occur in the U.S. every year when unvaccinated travelers get measles while they are in other countries and return to the U.S. Outbreaks also occur when measles spreads in under-vaccinated communities. Anyone without immunity to measles is at risk.
  
  
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• Subjects:
  Disease Outbreaks Isolation Measles Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine Measles Vaccine Measles Virus Personal Protective Equipment Schools Signs And Symptoms Students Vaccination Vaccines

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• Series:
  Be Ready for Measles Toolkit   ; Be Ready for Measles  
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Checklist
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• CIO:
  National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD)
• Division:
  DVD - Division of Viral Diseases
• Topic:
  Diseases & Conditions
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  3 pdf pages
• Collection(s):
  Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/257193/cdc_257193_DS1.pdf
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