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900B.C. Measles is described as a disease separate from small pox.
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Measles is found in Boston.
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Measles is spread to Virinia and it was so bad the governor of Virginia created a "day of prayer" for everyone who suffered/suffers the disease.
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Francis Home demonstrated that measles was caused by an infectious agent present in the blood of patients. He then attempted a measle vaccine.
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Measles killed nearly 12,000 people in the United States.
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After testing this measle vaccine it is licensed and given to people around the U.S.A.
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A better measle vaccine was introduced called the M.M. R Vaccine that induced immunity to measles and reduced the death rate.
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The number of reported measles cases was down 80% from the previous year.
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Measles is eradicated from United States!
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Many outbreaks of Measles were happening in France and only 89% of babies under the age of two had received one doce of the MMR Vaccine.
There were 10 deaths and over 5 thousand people were hospitalized for complications. -
The Measles disease is officially eradicated from both Europe and USA because of the advanced technology and scientific studies!!
