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JAMA. 2008;299(22):2621-2623.

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MMWR. 2008;57:494-498

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On May 1, this report was posted as an MMWR Early Release on the MMWR website (http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr).

Measles, a highly contagious acute viral disease, can result in serious complications and death. As a result of a successful U.S. vaccination program, measles elimination (i.e., interruption of endemic measles transmission) was declared in the United States in 2000.¹ The number of reported measles cases has declined from 763,094 in 1958 to fewer than 150 cases reported per year since 1997.¹ During 2000-2007,* a total of 29-116 measles cases (mean: 62, median: 56) were reported annually. However, during January 1–April 25, 2008, a total of 64 confirmed measles cases were preliminarily reported to CDC, the most reported by this date for any year since 2001. Of the 64 cases, 54 were associated with importation of measles from other countries into the United States, and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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