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Review
. 1998 Mar 7;316(7133):765-7.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.316.7133.765.

Should measles be eradicated?

F T Cutts  1 , R Steinglass
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Review

Should measles be eradicated?

F T Cutts et al. BMJ. .
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Measles causes 800 000 deaths each year worldwide—500 000 of them are in Africa
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