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标题：Letters to the Editor
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作者：Adrian K Thomas
期刊名称：Communicable Diseases Intelligence
印刷版ISSN：1447-4514
电子版ISSN：1445-4866
出版年度：2000
卷号：24
期号：10
出版社：Government Department of Health and Ageing
摘要：To the Editor: The recent report by Hanna et al1of theimportation of measles highlights the problem of commoninfectious diseases being inadvertently introduced intothis country. Smallpox vaccination used to be a conditionof entry into Australia. Since its abolition we have becomesomewhat complacent about the possibility of (relativelycommon) infectious diseases being imported into thiscountry and have overlooked the fact that many migrantswho come here have different 'immunity profiles' from thelocal population. This appears to be the case for measlesand is certainly the case for rubella