Association Between Vaccine Refusal and Vaccine-Preventable Diseases in the United States

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Abstract

Parents hesitant to vaccinate their children may delay routine immunizations or seek exemptions from state vaccine mandates. Recent outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases in the United States have drawn attention to this phenomenon. Improved understanding of the association between vaccine refusal and the epidemiology of these diseases is needed.

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Title: JAMA

Abbreviated Title: JAMA

Publisher: American Medical Association (AMA)

ISSN (Print): 0098-7484

Publication date Created: March 15 2016

Publication date (Print): March 15 2016

Volume: 315

Issue: 11

Page: 1149

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[1 ]Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia

[2 ]Department of Epidemiology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia3Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia

[3 ]Institute for Vaccine Safety, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland

[4 ]Department of Epidemiology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia3Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia5Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia6Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of

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DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.1353

SO-VID: d60cb648-1d19-42fc-8724-cbe7e249d5f4

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