Measles Resurgence and the Fragility of Herd Immunity: Implications for Pediatric Infectious Disease Practice
Reduced vaccine coverage has led to a resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases, threatening decades of public health progress. This perspective explores the rise in measles cases and outlines how the pediatric infectious disease community can rebuild vaccine confidence to reverse this trend.
Authors
- Carlos R. Oliveira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1897-6581)
- Diego R. Hijano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2903-666X)
- Walter A Oresntein
Institutions
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (US)
- Emory University (US)
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center (US)
- Yale University (US)
- Yale New Haven Health System (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
- Published
- 2025-10-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jpids/piaf094
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Virology and Viral Diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.71