Measles Outbreak Among Members of a Religious Community — Brooklyn, New York, March–June 2013
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On March 13, 2013, an intentionally unvaccinated adolescent aged 17 years returned to New York City from London, United Kingdom, while infectious with measles. This importation led to the largest outbreak of measles in the United States since 1996.
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