What is Attenuvax (Measles Virus Vaccine)?
Measles is a serious disease caused by a virus. It is spread from person to person through the air. Measles virus can cause minor symptoms such as skin rash, cough, runny nose, eye irritation, or mild fever. It can also cause more serious symptoms such as ear infection, pneumonia, seizures, permanent brain damage, or death. The measles virus vaccine is a live-virus vaccine used to help prevent this disease in children and adults. This vaccine works by exposing you to a small dose of the virus, which causes the body to develop immunity to the disease. This vaccine will not treat an active infection that has already developed in the body. Measles virus vaccine is for use in adults and children who are at least 12 months old, and in adults who have never received the vaccine or had the diseases. Like any vaccine, the measles virus vaccine may not provide protection from disease in every person.
