Most developed countries including Japan have adopted two doses of measles-containing vaccination (mostly MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine) against measles.
Q.7 Is there any health problem in receiving MR vaccine (measles-rubella vaccine) instead of measles vaccine alone as preventive vaccination against measles?
MR vaccine is expected to have measles prevention effect similar to a measles monovalent vaccine.
There is no health problem in receiving MR vaccine instead of measles monovalent vaccine. It has an advantage of preventing also rubella.