Journal article
Should the UK introduce compulsory vaccination?
Inevitably, an outbreak of a vaccine-preventable disease in the UK triggers calls for compulsory vaccination. As of April 17, 2013, 808 cases of measles have been reported in the Swansea area, about 10% of which have led to hospital admission.1 One young adult who died is known to have had measles at the time, but it has not yet been confirmed if he died because of measles. Large outbreaks of measles have also occurred in northern England, with 865 confirmed cases in northwest England.2 Measles has a case fatality rate of between 1 per 1000 and 1 per 3000 reported measles cases,3 and unless the outbreaks are brought to a halt, more deaths will result.
Authors
Languages
- English
Journal
The Lancet
Volume
9876
Type
Journal article
Categories
- Service delivery
