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Research Article

Reduced Passive Measles Immunity in Infants of Mothers who have not Been Exposed to Measles Outbreaks

Masaya Ohsaki, Hiroyuki Tsutsumi, Ryoh Takeuchi, Yoshinori Kuniya, Shunzo Chiba
Pages 17-19 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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