A preliminary analysis suggests that substandard vaccination compliance contributed to the 2015 measles outbreak that began in Disneyland in December 2014.
MIT researchers presented their analysis of outbreak data in a research letter published online March 16 in JAMA Pediatrics. They report that the rapid increase in cases suggests that a substantial percentage of the exposed population was susceptible to measles infection. The team also evaluated whether suboptimal vaccine coverage may have contributed to the outbreak.
Pockets of Low Immunization Contributed to Measles Outbreak
