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The Role of Vaccine Refusal in Recent Outbreaks of Measles and Pertussis

The Role of Vaccine Refusal in Recent Outbreaks of Measles and Pertussis
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    [Read the Article] Recent outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases in the United States have prompted clinicians, public health officials and the p…
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      Recent outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases in the United States have prompted clinicians, public health officials and the public to pay closer attention to the growing phenomenon of vaccine refusal. A new study looks at the role of vaccine refusal and the risk of measles and pertussis. In recent years, a substantial proportion of US measles cases occurred in people who were intentionally unvaccinated. Vaccine refusal was also found to be associated with an increased risk of pertussis in some populations.

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