Please note that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has many other useful resources on Measles besides the FAQs linked below.
Here is a link to Frequently Asked Questions About Measles from The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and here are all the questions that are answered on this page:
- Am I protected against measles?
- Do I ever need a booster vaccine?
- I am an adult now but only got one dose of measles vaccine as a child. Do I need a second dose?
- What should I do if I’m unsure whether I’m immune to measles?
- How effective is the measles vaccine?
- How long does it take for the measles vaccine to work in your body?
- How does the measles vaccine work?
- What is wild-type measles virus?
- I’ve been exposed to someone who has measles. What should I do?
- Could I still get measles if I am fully vaccinated?
- I think I have measles. What should I do?
- My doctor or someone from the health department told me that I have measles. What should I do?
- Do people who got the killed measles vaccine in the 1960s need to be revaccinated with the current, live measles vaccine?
- How common was measles in the United States before the vaccine?
- What are the vaccine coverage levels like in the United States?
- Where do cases of measles that are brought into the United States come from?
- Why have there been more measles cases in the United States in some years?
- What is CDC’s role in responding to measles cases and outbreaks?
- Has measles been eliminated from the United States?
- If measles is eliminated, why do people still get it in the United States?
- Is measles a concern for the United States?
- Could measles ever re-establish itself in the United States?
- Will the United States ever get rid of measles completely?
- How is the type of measles virus identified?