Measles: A clinician's guide to a reemerging disease

Nurse Pract. 2019 Nov;44(11):37-41. doi: 10.1097/01.NPR.0000586016.08175.b4.

Abstract

Measles has reemerged in the US for a variety of reasons, including misinformation spread by antivaccination advocates and imported cases from countries where infected children may be too young for immunization. Prompt diagnosis and isolation can help reduce measles transmission.

MeSH terms

  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / prevention & control*
  • Humans
  • Measles / epidemiology*
  • Measles / physiopathology
  • Measles / prevention & control*
  • Measles Vaccine / administration & dosage
  • Nurse Practitioners*
  • Nursing Diagnosis
  • Patient Education as Topic
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic*
  • Risk Factors
  • United States / epidemiology

Substances

  • Measles Vaccine