Measles cases and outbreaks : January 1 to June 26, 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:
  178 cases reported in 24 states and the District of Columbia: Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington.
  
  5 outbreaks respresenting 85% of reported cases this year.
  
  • The majority of people who got measles were unvaccinated.
  
  • Measles is still common in many parts of the world including some countries in Europe, Asia, the Pacific, and Africa.
  
  • Travelers with measles continue to bring the disease into the U.S.
  
  • Measles can spread when it reaches a community in the U.S. where groups of people are unvaccinated.
  
  
• 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:sha256:5c868d4161ea536625493c755ed33268e15d8fa653fe5a93ca55addae1f340be
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/31933/cdc_31933_DS1.png
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