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April 1990, Vol 144, No. 4 >
Article | April 1990

Measles.—United States, First 26 Weeks, 1989 FREE

Am J Dis Child. 1990;144(4):459-460. doi:10.1001/archpedi.1990.02150280081015.
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During the first 26 weeks of 1989, local and state health departments reported a provisional total of 7335 measles cases to CDC—a 380% increase over the 1529 cases reported for the same period in 1988; at least 10 measles-associated deaths were also reported. In addition, another 30 suspected measles-associated fatalities are being investigated by local and state health departments and CDC. Forty states and the District of Columbia reported cases, compared with 36 states for the first 26 weeks of 1988. During the 1989 period, the incidence rate was 3.0 cases per 100000 population—five times the rate of 0.6 per 100 000 for the same period in 1988 and more than double the rate for all of 1988 (1.4 per 100 000).1

Thirteen states reported at least 100 cases and accounted for 6588 (89.8%) of all reported cases: Texas (2764), California (1189), Ohio (661), Illinois (489), New Jersey (271),

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CDC.  Measles-United States, 1988 . MMWR 1989;;38:601-5.
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CDC.  Measles outbreak-Chicago, 1989 . MMWR 1989;;38:591-2.
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CDC.  Measles-Dade County, Florida . MMWR 1987;;36:45-8.
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Hutchins SS, Escolan J, Markowitz LE, et al.  Measles outbreak among unvaccinated preschool-aged children: opportunities missed by health care providers to administer measles vaccine . Pediatrics 1989;;83:369-74.
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Markowitz LE, Preblud SR, Fine PEM, Orenstein, WA. Duration of live measles vaccine-induced immunity. Pediatr Infect Dis J (in press).
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CDC.  Measles prevention: recommendations of the Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP) . MMWR 1989;;38(no. (S-9) ).

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CDC.  Measles-United States, 1988 . MMWR 1989;;38:601-5.
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CDC.  Measles outbreak-Chicago, 1989 . MMWR 1989;;38:591-2.
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CDC.  Measles-Dade County, Florida . MMWR 1987;;36:45-8.
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Hutchins SS, Escolan J, Markowitz LE, et al.  Measles outbreak among unvaccinated preschool-aged children: opportunities missed by health care providers to administer measles vaccine . Pediatrics 1989;;83:369-74.
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Markowitz LE, Preblud SR, Fine PEM, Orenstein, WA. Duration of live measles vaccine-induced immunity. Pediatr Infect Dis J (in press).
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CDC.  Measles prevention: recommendations of the Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP) . MMWR 1989;;38(no. (S-9) ).

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