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Reemergence of measles in South Korea: implications for immunization and surveillance programs.
Japanese journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2013
Park Young-Joon, Eom Hye Suk, Kim Eun Seong, Choe Young June, Bae Geun-Ryang, Lee Duk-Hyoung
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Following the implementation of the national measles elimination program, the Republic of Korea declared in 2006 that measles had been eliminated. However in 2011, a measles outbreak was reported in Gyeongnam Province in the southeastern part of the country. We conducted active case-based surveillance and analyzed the data of cases reported in 2011 to identify the factors contributing to the reemergence of...
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