Measles
Measles is very contagious. True or false?
True
Mumps is a virus... True or false?
True
What type of vaccine is the MMR vaccine?
Live, attenuated virus
Who is the anti-vaccine activist?
Andrew Wakefield
How many people can 1 infected person with measles infect?
12-18 people
What fatal neurological condition can follow years after contracting measles?
SSPE (Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis)
What is the most identifiable symptom of mumps?
Salivary gland swelling of the parotid gland
When was the MMR vaccine licensed?
1963
What was the publication that Wakefield's paper was published in?
1998 Lancet publication
What percentage of the population needs to vaccinated with the MMR vaccine to have effective herd immunity?
93-95%
How is measles contracted?
How many cases of mumps are asymptomatic?
1/3
Explain how the vaccine works...
What was Wakefield associating the MMR vaccine with in his paper?
Falsely tied autism to MMR vaccine
Which groups of people are not recommended to receive the MMR vaccine?
Those with cancer, organ transplants, receiving high-dose glucocorticoids, immunomodulatory therapy for rheumatoid arthritis
What percentage do you have a chance of contracting measles?
90%
How is mumps virus transmitted?
Inhalation or oral contact of respiratory droplets or secretions
95%
What are the PACs (Anti-vaccine political action committees) doing?
Lobbying state legislatures to promote or protect vaccine exemptions; spreading misinformation
What is something you learned today about herd immunity?
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When is the maximum contagiousness of measles virus?
2-3 days before rash appears
How many cases of mumps involve the central nervous system (CNS)?
1/2
With 2 doses of the MMR vaccine, what is the effectiveness against measles and mumps?
97% against measles
88% against mumps
When the New York Orthodox Jewish Community was targeted, what was the MMR vaccine associated with to promote antivaccination?
Holocaust
What happened in New York when there was an measles outbreak of 654 persons?
New York mandated a law for MMR vaccine