COVID’s collateral damage: likelihood of measles resurgence in the United States

Abstract Background Lockdowns imposed throughout the US to control the COVID-19 pandemic led to a decline in all routine immunizations rates, including the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine. It is feared that post-lockdown, these reduced MMR rates will lead to a resurgence of measles. Methods To...

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Main Authors: Mugdha Thakur, Richard Zhou, Mukundan Mohan, Achla Marathe, Jiangzhuo Chen, Stefan Hoops, Dustin Machi, Bryan Lewis, Anil Vullikanti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-09-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-022-07703-w