'It’s got a lot of us, quietly behind the scenes, very worried about outbreaks of some of these other diseases,” said one pediatric infectious diseases specialist.
can also cause serious health complications and death, with 21% of meningococcal cases in the U.S. occurring in those aged 11 to 24. Of those cases, 10 to 15% will die, according to the NFID.A doctor holds a vial of the human papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil. HPV can cause cervical cancer in girls later in life.
O’Leary called these recent outbreaks a “perfect example” of how high vaccination rates can successfully isolate a virus, preventing statewide or nationwide outbreaks and then be brought back by unvaccinated populations.
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