Many young children traveling abroad aren't receiving the vaccines they need to protect them from measles, study finds.
Researchers said it was the doctors themselves who often failed to recognize the children could or should get the MMR vaccine early.
International travelers are the source for outbreaks in the U.S., Hyle said."The outbreaks are triggered by either foreign visitors, or returning U.S. travelers who bring the virus back with them."in the world."Let's say somebody who is ill with measles walks through a room," said Hyle, who is also an infectious disease physician at Massachusetts General Hospital.
In that case, the CDC says any child over 6 months old should get an MMR dose in addition to the two standard recommended doses for extra immunity. And children over a year old should have two doses before traveling, as long as they're separated by about a month.
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