Keywords: Measles US 1944-2007 inset.png en Measles cases reported in the United States 1944-2007 represented as thousands of cases per year vs year with an inset 1983-2007 as cases vs year 1983 was chosen for the beginning of the inset graph as it represents the minimum reported cases until 1993 after the booster vaccine was added to the recommendations schedule Data are from the US Centers for Disease Control Cases 1944-1993 are reported in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http //www cdc gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00035381 htm Summary of notifable diseases ”United States 1993 Published October 21 1994 for Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 1993; 42 No 53 Cases 1976-2007 are reported in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http //www cdc gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5653a1 htm Summary of notifable diseases ”United States 2007 Published July 9 2009 for Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2007; 56 No 53 Date the measles vaccine was licensed 1963 and date the booster vaccine was added to the recommendations schedule 1989 are from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Atkinson W Wolfe S Hamborsky J McIntyre L eds 11th ed Washington DC Public Health Foundation 2009 own 2over0 2010-04-23 Measles vaccine |