Childhood Immunization Refusal: The Return of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
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Reported vaccine-preventable diseases--United States, 1993, and the childhood immunization initiative.
In the United States, children are routinely vaccinated against nine diseases--diphtheria, Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), hepatitis B, measles, mumps, pertussis, poliomyelitis (paralytic), rubella, and tetanus. Based on public health surveillance and epidemiologic assessment of most of these diseases, the impact of childhood vaccination on reported occurrence has been substantial: provisi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Vaccines & Vaccination
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2157-7560
DOI: 10.4172/2157-7560.1000e115