Measles once again endemic in the United Kingdom

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doi:10.2807/ese.13.27.18919-en

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Measles once again endemic in the United Kingdom
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Affiliations: ¹ European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden

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Citation style for this article: Editorial team Collective. Measles once again endemic in the United Kingdom. Euro Surveill. 2008;13(27):pii=18919. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.13.27.18919-en

Abstract

Fourteen years after the local transmission of measles was halted in the United Kingdom (UK), the disease has once again become endemic, according to the Health Protection Agency (HPA), the public health body of England and Wales.