Measles cases and outbreaks : January 1 to April 10, 2015

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• Alternative Title:
  U.S. measles cases by year, 2001-2015
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (U.S.). Division of Viral Diseases.
• Description:
  From January 1 to April 10, 2015, 159 people from 18 states and the District of Columbia were reported to have measles [AZ (7), CA (101), CO (1), DC (2), DE (1), GA (1), IL (15), MI (1), MN (1), NE (2), NJ (1), NY (3), NV (9), OK (1), PA (1), SD (2) TX (1), UT (2), WA (7)]†. Most of these cases [117 cases (74%)] are part of a large, multi-state outbreak linked to an amusement park in California.
  
  The United States experienced a record number of measles cases during 2014, with 668 cases from 27 states reported to CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD). This is the greatest number of cases since measles elimination was documented in the U.S. in 2000.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Disease Outbreaks Measles
• Document Type:
  Poster
• Genre:
  Infographic
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  1 poster
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a4ed80b8c05b705aa3f66c1f70bf01ef6bab634cda4706a83c471968e5b2118d
• Download URL:
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