MMR Vaccine: What You Need to Know (Measles, Mumps and Rubella) [2012]

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• Alternative Title:
  MMR Vaccine: What You Need to Know (Measles, Mumps and Rubella) 2012 English ; Vacine Information Statement: MMR Vaccine: What You Need to Know (Measles, Mumps and Rubella) 2012
• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  Measles, mumps, and rubella are serious diseases. Before vaccines they were very common, especially among children. ; Measles ; • Measles virus causes rash, cough, runny nose, eye irritation, and fever. ; • It can lead to ear infection, pneumonia, seizures (jerking and staring), brain damage, and death. ; Mumps ; • Mumps virus causes fever, headache, muscle pain, loss of appetite, and swollen glands. ; • It can lead to deafness, meningitis (infection of the brain and spinal cord covering), painful swelling of the testicles or ovaries, and rarely sterility. ; Rubella (German Measles) ; • Rubella virus causes rash, arthritis (mostly in women), ; and mild fever. ; • If a woman gets rubella while she is pregnant, she could have a miscarriage or her baby could be born with serious birth defects. ; These diseases spread from person to person through the air. You can easily catch them by being around someone who is already infected. ; Measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine can protect children (and adults) from all three of these diseases. ; Thanks to successful vaccination programs these diseases are much less common in the U.S. than they used to be. But if we stopped vaccinating they would return.
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• Subjects:
  • Measles / prevention & control
  • Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine
  • Mumps / prevention & control
  • Rubella / prevention & control
• Keywords:
  • VIS GDTI document code / Concept code: 0886983000127
• Series:
  Vaccine Information Statement
• Subseries:
  MMR Vaccine
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet ; Patient Education Handout
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• CIO:
  National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD)
• Division:
  ISD - Immunization Services Division
• Topic:
  Diseases & Conditions
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/26975/cdc_26975_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 315.30 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
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