Quanwei Song, Chao Ma, Lixin Hao, Fuzhen Wang, Zhijie An, Zundong Yin, Huaqing Wang
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Abstract
Measles, an acute respiratory infectious disease caused by the measles virus, was responsible for millions of deaths annually before the introduction of the measles vaccine (MV) ( 1 ). Widespread availability of measles vaccines and the initiation of the Expanded Program on Immunization, approved at the 27th World Health Assembly in 1974 ( 2 ), have significantly improved global measles control. In China, measles has been