Epidemiologic investigation shows declining vaccination rates contribute to measles outbreak risk in Israel, highlighting urgent intervention needs.
An ongoing measles outbreak in Israel, involving ≈3,200 cases and 16 deaths, threatens the country's measles elimination status and reflects declining vaccination rates observed globally and within Israel. Epidemiologic investigations supported by sequencing suggest that a single importation triggered the outbreak, underscoring the critical role of rapid genomic surveillance in outbreak control.
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