CLARIFICATION - "New Measles Strain Strikes High School Students."
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The October 30 issue of Immunization News
contained a summary of an article from the Manichi Daily News titled "New
Measles Strain Strikes High School Students." The article states that among the
people afflicted were people who had been immunized against the measles.
Leading authorities on measles in the United States say the Japanese experience
does not represent a more dangerous strain of measles or waning protection from
vaccine. A more likely explanation is failure to immunize universally with
measles vaccine and to employ a two dose schedule. The second dose is necessary
to protect the +/- 5 percent of children who fail to seroconvert with the first
dose of measles vaccine.
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