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Almost twice as many measles cases were reported in England and Wales for the first six months of 2012 as during the same period last year, and outbreaks among travelling communities are partly responsible, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) says.
There have been 964 confirmed cases of measles reported to the HPA in the first six months of 2012, which is almost twice that reported during the same period in 2011 (494 cases).
The measles cases identified so far this year have been associated with ongoing outbreaks in Merseyside and Sussex, as well as …
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