Texas and Its Measles Epidemics

PLoS Med. 2016 Oct 25;13(10):e1002153. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002153. eCollection 2016 Oct.

Peter J Hotez^{1

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¹ Sabin Vaccine Institute and Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development (Sabin Vaccine Institute Product Development Partnership), National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America.
² Department of Biology, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, United States of America.
³ James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University, Waco, Texas, United States of America.
⁴ Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs, The Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America.
⁵ Scientific Advisory Council, The Immunization Partnership, Houston, Texas, United States of America.

Abstract

Peter Hotez reflects on declining vaccination rates in Texas and the potential for future measles epidemics.

No specific funding was received for this article.