摘要:This report describes a small outbreak of measles that occurred in the Whitsunday region, northQueensland, in July to August 2002. With one exception, all the cases were deliberately unvaccinatedbecause their parents were conscientious objectors to vaccination. It is suggested that this patternof measles outbreaks, with most cases being not preventable because of conscientious objection, willbecome increasingly recognised in the future