Third, don’t miss the disease if it shows up in your patient. Be hypervigilant for the three C’s plus high fever, and classic morbilliform rash.
Measles is in the air and until herd immunity is restored, expect cases in every major city in the United States. Hopefully, we as pediatric clinicians, in partnership with our local health departments, can make a difference and minimize these outbreaks.
Dr. Christopher J. Harrison is a professor of pediatrics and pediatric infectious diseases at Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, Mo. Dr. Harrison’s hospital receives grant funding from GlaxoSmithKline for research trials of MMR with him as principal investigator. His hospital also receives National Institutes of Health funding for evaluating vaccines with him as local principal investigator via the Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Unit consortium.