Measles lessons in an anti-vaccination era: public health is a social duty, not a political option

• Main Authors: L. Lancella (Author), C. Di Camillo (Author), A. C. Vittucci (Author), E. Boccuzzi (Author), E. Bozzola (Author), A. Villani (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Measles virus, member of the genus Morbillivirus in the family Paramyxoviridae, is a highly contagious human pathogen. An effective live-attenuated vaccine is available and its use has the potential to eradicate the disease from the human population. Although the vaccine was intr...