Among first-year schoolchildren there was a case of measles registered. A 7-year-old boy from the same group was not vaccinated against measles due to refusal of his parents. His clinical history has no cases of measles in the past and is not contraindicatory to immunobiological agents. Choose the most rational tactics of measles prevention in this schoolboy:

Answer options

1. Measles-Mumps-Rubella vaccine
2. Antiviral agents
3. Isolation for 20 days
4. Immunomodulators
5. Antibiotics

Explanation

WHO recommends that people get MMR vaccine to protect against measles, mumps, and rubella. Children should get two doses of MMR vaccine, starting with the first dose at 12 to 15 months of age, and the second dose at 4 through 6 years of age. Teens and adults also should also be up to date on their MMR vaccination 1. Table 3: Recommendations for Interrupted or Delayed Routine Immunization – Summary of WHO Position Papers. Retrieved November 1, 2018, from https://www.who.int/immunization/policy/Immunization_routine_table3.pdf?ua=1 2. Infectious Diseases / Jonathan Cohen, William Powderly, Steven Opal. – 3rd edition. – 2010. – P. 51–52