Second Dose of Measles Vaccine in Childhood Protects for Up to 10 Years
News Author: Laurie Barclay, MD
CME Author: Penny Murata, MD
March 12, 2007 — Children in a rural area had low susceptibility rates to measles for as long as 10 years after a second dose of the measles vaccine, according to the results of a prospective study reported in the March issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
"Measles was declared eliminated from the United States in 2000, an achievement attributed to effective implementation of a routine 2-dose vaccination policy," write Charles W. LeBaron, MD, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia, and colleagues
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