{"id":11852,"date":"2025-03-07T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/?p=11852"},"modified":"2025-03-07T15:25:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T20:25:19","slug":"mmr-vaccination-in-adults","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/mmr-vaccination-in-adults\/","title":{"rendered":"MMR Vaccination in Adults"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>MMR vaccination is essential for healthcare professionals, international travelers, and other specific groups.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Measles continues to circulate in the United States, with a large outbreak currently growing in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dshs.texas.gov\/news-alerts\/measles-outbreak-feb-28-2025\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.dshs.texas.gov\/news-alerts\/measles-outbreak-feb-28-2025\">Texas<\/a>. Adults should\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/measles\/hcp\/vaccine-considerations\/index.html#cdc_generic_section_2-presumptive-evidence-of-immunity:~:text=Adults%20and%20teens,1989%20or%20otherwise).\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/measles\/hcp\/vaccine-considerations\/index.html#cdc_generic_section_2-presumptive-evidence-of-immunity:~:text=Adults%20and%20teens,1989%20or%20otherwise).\">be up to date on MMR vaccinations<\/a> with either 1 or 2 doses (depending on risk factors); unless they have other presumptive evidence of immunity to measles, mumps, and rubella. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>1. Adults with <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/measles\/hcp\/vaccine-considerations\/index.html#cdc_generic_section_2-presumptive-evidence-of-immunity\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/measles\/hcp\/vaccine-considerations\/index.html#cdc_generic_section_2-presumptive-evidence-of-immunity\"><strong>presumptive\u202fevidence<\/strong><\/a><strong> of immunity\u202finclude:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Presumptive evidence of immunity can be established in any of the following ways:&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Written documentation of adequate vaccines for measles, mumps, and rubella\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Laboratory evidence of immunity (positive IgG titer)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Laboratory confirmation of disease\u00a0 \u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Birth before 1957 (unless they are a healthcare worker)\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2. People without presumptive evidence of immunity should get at least one dose of MMR vaccine\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>3. Certain adults should receive two doses of vaccine, separated by at least 28 days if they don\u2019t have presumptive evidence of immunity.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>There is no maximum time between the two doses. These adults include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Students at post-high school education institutions\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Healthcare personnel\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>International travelers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Close contacts of immunocompromised people\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>People with HIV infection and are not severely immunosuppressed\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>4. Healthcare workers\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>They must have either documentation of two doses of vaccine<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>or laboratory evidence of immunity (positive IgG titer).\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Birth before 1957 is not adequate evidence of immunity in this group.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>5. Adults who previously received a dose of measles vaccine in 1963\u20131967:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>and are unsure which type of vaccine it was or are sure it was inactivated (killed) measles vaccine, should be revaccinated with one dose of MMR vaccine<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>or, if they fall into high-risk categories (refer #3 and #4), two doses of MMR vaccine.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>People who have documentation of receiving LIVE measles vaccine in the 1960s do not need to be revaccinated unless they fall into high-risk categories (refer #3 and #4). \u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>6. Most adult vaccinated between 1968-1989 received one dose of MMR and do not need further doses:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>unless they fall into one of the high-risk categories (refer #3 and #4) and don\u2019t otherwise have presumptive immunity.\u202f\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>In an outbreak setting, when there is sustained or widespread community transmission, PDPH and other health departments may recommend a second dose of the MMR vaccine to some groups that may previously have been considered to have presumptive immunity with just one dose.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*\u00a0Do not check titers on people who have documentation of two appropriately timed vaccines.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Resources<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.immunize.org\/ask-experts\/topic\/mmr\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.immunize.org\/ask-experts\/topic\/mmr\/\">Ask The Experts About Vaccines: MMR (Measles, Mumps, and Rubella) | Immunize.org<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/measles\/hcp\/vaccine-considerations\/index.html#cdc_generic_section_2-presumptive-evidence-of-immunity\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/measles\/hcp\/vaccine-considerations\/index.html#cdc_generic_section_2-presumptive-evidence-of-immunity\">Measles Vaccine Recommendations | Measles (Rubeola) | CDC\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/measles\/hcp\/vaccine-considerations\/specific-groups.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/measles\/hcp\/vaccine-considerations\/specific-groups.html\">Measles Vaccination for Specific Groups | Measles (Rubeola) | CDC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MMR vaccination is essential for healthcare professionals, international travelers, and other specific groups. 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