| FORMAT |
AGE |
TITLE |
SUMMARY |
PUBLISHED |
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HTML PDF |
7-year-old |
"Measles: A Dangerous Illness" |
Story #108: In 1962, Roald Dahl (author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
and other beloved books for children and young adults) suffered a heartbreaking loss: the death of his 7-year-old daughter Olivia from the
complications of measles encephalitis. More than 20 years after Olivia's death, Dahl wrote this personal essay in her memory. Dahl aimed his
essay at parents who were refusing to give their children the measles vaccine in the United Kingdom. |
5/2/14 |
| HTML PDF |
7-year-old |
"Measles
Not Worth the Risk by John Lawrence Kiely" |
Story
#100: John L. Kiely, PhD, relates his personal experience with measles and
reminds us that vigilance in maintaining high levels of vaccination coverage is
necessary to prevent measles and other VPDs from making a comeback. |
4/10/09 |
| HTML PDF |
34-year-old |
"New
England Journal of Medicine Case Story: A 34-Year-Old Pregnant Woman with
Confusion and Visual Loss" |
Story
#90: Case presentation on subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, a rare and severe
neurological complication of measles infection. It was originally published in
the May 14, 1998, issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. |
2/27/07 |
| HTML PDF |
13-year-old |
"Schoolboy,
13, Dies as Measles Makes a Comeback" |
Story
#88: Measles had not claimed a life in Britain for 14 years, but this fact
changed in 2006 when, tragically, a teenager who had not been vaccinated died
from acute measles infection. |
2/27/07 |
| HTML PDF |
8-year-old |
"Open
Letter to Parents from Eileen M. Ouellette, M.D., J.D., F.A.A.P., Former
President of the American Academy of Pediatrics (2005-2006)" |
Story
#87: In this personal account, Dr. Ouellette vividly describes her own
experience with measles infection in 1937. |
2/14/07 |
| HTML PDF |
infants,
children |
"'The
Problem' by the Measles Initiative" |
Story
#85: Measles is a leading vaccine-preventable killer of children in the
developing world. |
2/14/07 |
| HTML
PDF |
various |
"Preventable measles
outbreak in Indiana results in 34 cases and three hospitalizations in summer
2005" |
Story
#80: It
requires the resources of health departments in three states to contain a
measles outbreak that develops when an unvaccinated teenager returns from
overseas. |
10/28/05 |
| HTML
PDF |
various |
"CDC reports on
preventable measles among U.S. residents, 2001-2004" |
Story
#79: CDC data
indicate that in 2001-04, 56% of measles cases among U.S. residents were
preventable. |
8/26/05 |
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PDF |
NA |
"Society pays a high price for
nonmedical vaccination exemption" |
Story
#66: A prodigious effort is
required to notify hundreds, perhaps thousands, of contacts of an unvaccinated
man who returns to Iowa from New Dehli while contagious with measles. |
3/26/04 |
| HTML
PDF |
11 infants,
median age
11 months;
2 adults,
age 31 and
50 years |
"2002 Alabama measles outbreak is
traced to an imported case" |
Story #64: Ten infants and two
adults contract measles from a 9-month-old infant who returned from the
Philippines with the disease. MMWR editors suggest physicians administer MMR
vaccine to children >6 months of age who will be traveling outside the United
States. |
1/22/04 |
| HTML
PDF |
NA |
"Complacency the likely cause of
measles epidemic in the Seattle area" |
Story #51: Mark Kane, MD, director
of the Children's Vaccine Program at PATH, explains the reason for 11 cases of
measles in King County in 2001. |
10/31/02 |
| HTML
PDF |
NA |
"Measles shots are common sense:
personal reflections of an Alaska physician" |
Story #29: A recently retired
pediatrician shares some of his personal and professional experiences with
measles. |
4/26/00 |
| HTML
PDF |
NA |
"Measles outbreak associated with an
unvaccinated population" |
Story #11: Measles sweeps through
a religious community where 70% of the children and young adults have not been
vaccinated. |
1/12/99 |
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