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"Measles is a highly contagious, acute viral illness preventable by measles vaccine. With adoption of the measles elimination goal for the Pan American Health Organization region, BC introduced a two dose measles vaccination program for children in 1996.Canada has been free of endemic measles (defined as an identifiable chain of transmission lasting over 12 months) since 1998 and measles was declared eliminated in the Americas in 2002.However, measles cases and outbreaks continue to occur in Canada due to periodic importation". - Measles in 2014 in British Columbia, Canada

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Monitoring and Surveillance,Vaccine Preventable Disease Surveillance,Provincial and Territorial Surveillance,Communicable Diseases,Vaccine Preventable Diseases,Measles Monitoring and Surveillance
Vaccine Preventable Disease Surveillance
Provincial and Territorial Surveillance
Communicable Diseases
Vaccine Preventable Diseases
Measles

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