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Fine-scale spatial clustering of measles nonvaccination that increases outbreak potential is obscured by aggregated reporting data
The United States experienced historically high numbers of measles cases in 2019, despite achieving national measles vaccination rates …
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Fine-scale spatial clustering of measles nonvaccination that increases outbreak potential is obscured by aggregated reporting data
The Backstory: Rising Cases of Measles Despite High Vaccination Coverage This explainer is about my recent paper published in PNAS. Even though US measles vaccination rates were on average higher than 95%, which is the WHO vaccination coverage target and threshold for maintaining herd immunity for measles, there were 1,282 cases of measles in 31 states in 2019.
Last updated on Dec 14, 2021 6 min read
Fine-scale spatial clustering of measles nonvaccination that increases outbreak potential is obscured by aggregated reporting data