Measles can be a mild illness but can also be serious and land one in the hospital. This hearty virus lives in air for 2 hours and studies show if you walk in a room where virus is in air -90% of folks without immunity will contract measles. Mumps another viral illness can leave males sterile cause hearing loss to name a few complications.
The thing is even if the traveler does not get sick upon return they might carry these viruses home and infect others-scary! Very young and immune suppressed individuals are at greatest risk. So be conscientious if planning a trip and ask your healthcare provider at least 6 weeks before as you may need other vaccines as well. A friend is on her way to Fiji so she needed to get a Typhoid and Hep. A vaccine but not MMR as had measles and mumps ( life-long immunity). You guessed she is over 60!
Take time to check out the 2017 recommendations for adult vaccines if you are staying in the USA. If you are planning a trip visit CDC. Scroll to what your travel plans are – type traveling (how long staying, what you will be doing etc) then choose destination and be guided as to what vaccines are strongly recommended.
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