Aggressive Vaccination Prevented Amish Measles Contagion From Spreading Broadly
Thursday, July 23, 2015 - 09:30
in Health & Medicine
Under-vaccinated communities face heightened risk of measles outbreaks that can spread nationally within a year unless squelched quickly, but a vigorous vaccination response during a 2014 outbreak in North American Amish communities in Ohio prevented widespread transmission, according to a recent study published in the online version of Risk Analysis, a publication of the Society for Risk Analysis.