Measles – A tale of two sisters, vaccine failure, and the resurgence of an old foe

Measles outbreaks around the UK in 2016 may be linked to the so-called ‘Wakefield generation’ of unvaccinated teenagers, who were born during the late 1990s, early 2000s, when there were fears about a possible measles–mumps–rubella (MMR) vaccine-autism link. Here we describe measles infection in two sisters (one partially vaccinated), of whom one seems to have had a link to such a source.