Contagious Diseases in the United States from 1888 to the Present
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- 28 November 2013
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 369 (22) , 2152-2158
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmms1215400
Abstract
Using data from digitized weekly surveillance reports of notifiable diseases for U.S. cities and states for 1888 through 2011, the authors derived a quantitative history of disease reduction in the United States, focusing particularly on the effects of vaccination programs.Keywords
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