MMR VACCINE - MEASLES VACCINE - MUMPS VACCINE - RUBELLA VACCINE - ADULT IMMUNIZATION - ADULT VACCINATION

 
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Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR)
Why vaccinate adults against measles, mumps, and rubella?
  • Complications from measles are more common among adults. Approximately 20 percent of those with measles experience one or more complications including diarrhea, ear infections, pneumonia, encephalitis, seizures, and death.

  • Measles is extremely contagious; 90 percent of susceptible household contacts of a person with measles will become infected.

  • There is at least a 20 percent chance of damage to the fetus if a woman is infected with rubella early in pregnancy.

  • While the incidence of mumps has decreased dramatically in the US since the development of the MMR vaccine, outbreaks are occurring again in this country.

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Click the link below for more information on measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR):
  MMR Fact Sheet
 
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