Consequences of Undervaccination — Measles Outbreak, New York City, 2018–2019

Before licensure of the first measles vaccine in 1963, approximately 500,000 cases of measles and 500 measles-related deaths were reported annually in the United States. Measles was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000. However, the risk of reintroduction and transmission is a constant…

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