Episode 38: Safeguarding Transplant Recipients_ Measles Risk Reduction Strategies

Original Air Date: Friday, March 14, 2025

Moderators John W. Baddley, United States Stephanie Pouch, United States

Speakers Ricardo La Hoz, United States Camille N. Kotton, United States Lara Danziger-Isakov, United States

📑 Outline Multiple measles cases have recently been reported globally, representing a unique threat to transplant patients. This webinar plans to describe clinical features of measles in the immunosuppressed, current epidemiology and prevention and treatment options available

🎯 Learning Objectives -- Understand risk of exposure to measles -- Consider best timing for measles vaccination (pediatric and adults) -- Review post exposure prophylaxis approaches

📖 Further Reading -- Measles Symptoms and Complications (https://www.cdc.gov/measles/signs-sym...) -- Prevention of Measles, Rubella, Congenital Rubella Syndrome, and Mumps, 2013: Summary Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) (https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwr...) -- Ayman Al Jurdi, Camille N Kotton The Next Outbreak Looms on the Horizon: Measles and Potential Impacts on Transplant Recipients. Transplantation 2024 Oct 1;108(10):2012-2014. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000005083. Epub 2024 May 17. (https://journals.lww.com/transplantjo...) -- Patient facing webinar ( • Update in Transplantation: Measles Prevent... )

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