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ATLANTA, May 25 (UPI) -- U.S. health authorities say the number of cases of measles reported in the first four-and-a-half months of 2011 is the highest since 1996.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 118 cases of measles were reported in 23 U.S. states in that time period, Medical News Today reported Tuesday.
Endemic or sustained measles transmission has not happened in America since the mid 1990s in spite of infected people coming in from abroad, the CDC report said.
Between 2001 and 2008 an average of 56 cases were reported each year, making 118 cases in the first 19 weeks of 2011 a considerable increase, it said.
Of the 118 reported cases, 89 percent were linked to importations from abroad, including 34 Americans coming back home and 12 foreign visitors.
The increase in measles importations has led the CDC to urge vaccinations against the extremely contagious disease that can infect 90 percent of exposed susceptible individuals.
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