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Progress Toward Interrupting Indigenous Measles Transmission-- Region of the Americas, January 1999-September 2000
- Source :
- JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association. Dec 13, 2000, Vol. 284 Issue 22, p2867
- Publication Year :
- 2000
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Abstract
- The number of measles cases in the Americas increased in 1997, after dropping from 250,000 cases in 1990 to an all-time low of 2,109 cases in 1996. Most countries began extensive vaccination campaigns to prevent a resurgence of measles in the Americas.
Details
- ISSN :
- 00987484
- Volume :
- 284
- Issue :
- 22
- Database :
- Gale General OneFile
- Journal :
- JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsgcl.68157923