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Measles crises in Detroit: Zero to 44, each one is one too many!

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 August 2019

Mehr Grewal*
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Wayne State University, Detroit
Tapvir Singh
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Wayne State University, Detroit
Teena Chopra
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Wayne State University, Detroit
*
Author for correspondence: Mehr Grewal, Wayne State University, Division of Infectious Diseases, 4201 St Antoine, Detroit, MI 48201. E-mail: mehrgrewal28@gmail.com

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© 2019 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved. 

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