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Most Measles Cases in 25 Years: Is This the End of Measles Elimination in the United States?: Clinical Outreach and Community Activity (COCA) Call: May 21, 2019
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May 21, 2019
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Corporate Authors:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response. Division of Emergency Operations. ; National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (U.S.). Division of Viral Diseases. ; National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion.
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Description:Date: Tuesday, May 21, 2019
Time: 2:00-3:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)
In 2000, measles was declared eliminated from the United States. However, the number of measles cases so far in 2019 exceeds the number of annual cases during any entire year since the declaration was made. The number of case reports continues to climb. As of May 10, 2019, 839 measles cases have been confirmed in 23 states. Of these cases, 621 (74%) were reported in children, with 109 (13%) in infants aged <12 months; and 738 (88%) cases have been associated with close-knit communities, primarily in New York. Despite a national measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccination coverage level of about 95%, 1 in 12 children in the United States is not receiving their first dose of MMR vaccine on time, underscoring considerable measles susceptibility across the country. The majority of measles importations into the United States are from unvaccinated U.S. residents who become infected while traveling abroad. Healthcare professionals should remain vigilant about measles.
During this COCA Call, clinicians will learn what makes 2019 a historic year for measles and what they can do to help identify cases and stop measles transmission.
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Measles / Manisha Patel -- Epidemiology of measles in the Post-elimination era, 2001—2019 / Adria Lee -- Healthcare infection prevention and control for measles / Ryan Fagan.
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