Measles on the Rise
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In the U.S., 555 new cases of measles have been reported for 2019. The Centers for Disease Control has linked the increase in national cases to the “anti-vaxer” movement. There has also been a sharp rise in the number of measles cases globally over the past two years.
Editor's Note: 1:22 接"種" jiē zhǒng - vaccination
激增 to increase dramatically
重灾区 epidemic site
并发 to develop a complication
反弹 backlash
走回头路 to turn back the clock
激增 to increase dramatically
重災區 epidemic site
併發 to develop a complication
反彈 backlash
走回頭路 to turn back the clock
全美自2019年1月1日起至4月11日，已爆发555起麻疹病例，但2018年，仅有372起。
近两年来，全球麻疹病例激增，
根据世界卫生组织统计，目前的重灾区包括乌克兰、马达加斯加、印度、巴基斯坦、菲律宾、也门和巴西等。
麻疹病童有千分之一的机率会并发脑炎或脑水肿。
而一千起麻疹病例中，有一至两起可能导致死亡。
美国自1963年起便实施麻疹疫苗接踵，至1994年，仅963起通报病例，
更在2000年宣告麻疹在境内绝迹。
近期疫情的升温，部分要归咎于反疫苗运动的反弹声浪。
根据有线电视新闻网（CNN）的报导，美国国家传染病基金会的威廉‧沙夫纳博士表示：「过去我们已将麻疹赶出美国甚至整个西半球，但很不幸地，看来现在我们正在走回头路。」
全美自2019年1月1日起至4月11日，已爆發555起麻疹病例，但2018年，僅有372起。
近兩年來，全球麻疹病例激增，
根據世界衛生組織統計，目前的重災區包括烏克蘭、馬達加斯加、印度、巴基斯坦、菲律賓、葉門和巴西等。
麻疹病童有千分之一的機率會併發腦炎或腦水腫。
而一千起麻疹病例中，有一至兩起可能導致死亡。
美國自1963年起便實施麻疹疫苗接踵，至1994年，僅963起通報病例，
更在2000年宣告麻疹在境內絕跡。
近期疫情的升溫，部分要歸咎於反疫苗運動的反彈聲浪。
根據有線電視新聞網（CNN）的報導，美國國家傳染病基金會的威廉‧沙夫納博士表示：「過去我們已將麻疹趕出美國甚至整個西半球，但很不幸地，看來現在我們正在走回頭路。」
From January 1 to April 11, 2019, 555 new measles cases were reported in the United States. In all of 2018, only 372 cases were reported.
Globally, the number of measles cases has risen dramatically over the past two years.
According to the World Health Organization, the countries most affected include Ukraine, Madagascar, India, Pakistan, the Philippines, Yemen, and Brazil.
Of every 1,000 children who catch measles, one will develop encephalitis or swelling of the brain.
The death rate from measles is one to two per 1,000 cases.
In the U.S., vaccination for measles became available in 1963. By 1994, only 963 cases were reported in the U.S.
In 2000, the U.S. declared that measles was no longer being continuously transmitted within the country.
The present increase in the incidence of measles has been attributed to the “anti-vaxer” movement.
As reported in CNN, Dr. William Schaffner of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases said, "We'd previously eliminated this disease not just in the U.S. but in the entire Western Hemisphere, and it appears that now we've profoundly and sadly turned back the clock."
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