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Most U.S. Kids Getting Recommended Vaccinations
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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 | 3 "What is significant about this is that this is the age group that historically over the past two decades has been hard to raise immunization levels," Imperato said.
"Viruses brought into the country with individuals coming from a high endemic area will quickly find their way into an unimmune cluster of individuals, as we have seen from time to time with diseases such as mumps and pertussis and measles," he said.
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For more on vaccinations, visit the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Last updated 9/4/2008
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SOURCES: Sept. 4, 2008, teleconference with Julie Gerberding, M.D., director, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta; Anne Schuchat, M.D., director, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases; Pascal James Imperato, M.D., dean, master of public health program, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, New York City; Sept. 5, 2008, CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
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