Open AccessMeasles 2018: a tale of two anniversaries
Author(s) -
Sansonetti Philippe J
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
embo molecular medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.923
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1757-4684
pISSN - 1757-4676
DOI - 10.15252/emmm.201809176
Subject(s) - measles , medicine , vaccination , virology
This year is the 50 th anniversary of the reduction in measles in the USA , following introduction of general vaccination, but also the 20 th anniversary of a now retracted research paper that suggested a link between the measles–mumps–rubella ( MMR ) vaccination and autism, which contributed to falling vaccination rates and re‐emergence of measles cases globally.