Improving the Science of Measles Prevention-Will It Make for a Better Immunization Program?

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Juan Garon, Emory University; Walter Orenstein, Emory University
• Language: English
• Date: 2016-10
• Publisher: Public Library of Science
• Publication Version: Final Published Version
• Copyright Statement: © 2016 Garon, Orenstein.
• License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Final Published Version (URL): http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002145
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: PLoS Medicine
• ISSN: 1549-1277
• Volume: 13
• Issue: 10
• Start Page: e1002145
• End Page: e1002145
• Grant/Funding Information: WO and JG receive funding from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation under Grant OPP1095024

Abstract

In a Perspective, Julie Garon and Walter Orenstein discuss Lessler and colleagues' modeling study on measles vaccination and the implications for triggered and routine immunization programs.