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Measles
Study data from C. Broy and colleagues update understanding of measles
April 29th, 2009
"A 38-year-old female with a two-week history of amoxicillin use for fever, cough, and coryza presented with two days of crythematous chest macules. Despite discontinuation of the antibiotic, her rash continued; measles was diagnosed with IgM titers," scientists writing in the Southern Medical Journal report. "Three weeks previously she had returned from China. She had received only one vaccination despite travel to this measles-endemic area," wrote C. Broy and colleagues. The researchers concluded: "Vaccination and herd immunity have reduced the measles prevalence in America by more than 99%; travel, foreign adoption, and refusal of...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2009-04-29)
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