Abstract:Background
Measles is increasing globally, with a 300% increase in the first three months of 2019 in the WHO European Region. Measles cases recorded annually over the last decade in Italy have been cyclical with the last peak in 2017 with 84 cases per million inhabitants. In the same year, national coercive vaccination measures were introduced for access to educational services. Although the country is again achieving adequate vaccination coverage (VC) for the second dose of MRR (93.2% in 201… Show more
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