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Russia: 2014 Measles outbraks- cases in the Kursk region

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Source: http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/...egion-linked-to-religious-parents/492912.html

Measles Outbreak in Kursk Region Linked to Religious Parents
17 January 2014 | Issue 5290
The Moscow Times

At least 78 children have come down with measles in the Kursk region, after their parents refused vaccination for reasons of faith, the local consumer protection department said.

Nine adults have also contracted measles, with the majority of the cases registered in the town of Zheleznogorsk, the department said in an online statement on Thursday.

"All of the patients haven't been vaccinated for religious reasons," the statement said.

The patients appeared to belong to a congregation that the department identified as a local Evangelical Baptist Christian Church...
 
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Source: http://en.ria.ru/russia/20140124/186850276/Measles-Epidemic-Hits-Russian-Baptists.html

Russia
Measles Epidemic Hits Russian Baptists
03:35 24/01/2014
Tags: measles, Russia

TULA/MOSCOW, January 23 (RIA Novosti) ? At least 133 people in southern Russia, all unvaccinated Baptist Evangelists, have contracted measles during the past month, regional authorities said Tuesday.

The majority of the patients are children, but at least 10 are adults, the Kursk Region branch of the Federal Consumer Rights Protection Agency said. No fatalities have been reported...

...The region?s Baptist community denied any religious motives behind their mistrust of the vaccination, saying they considered it dangerous on medical grounds...
 
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Source: http://en.ria.ru/russia/20140211/187393531/Measles-Epidemic-Spreads-Among-Russian-Baptists.html

Measles Epidemic Spreads Among Russian Baptists
? RIA Novosti. Igor Zarembo
01:20 11/02/2014

MOSCOW, February 10 (RIA Novosti) ? A total of 207 people have now been hit by a measles epidemic that started among unvaccinated Russian Baptists, medical authorities said Monday.

No fatalities have been reported so far in the southern Kursk region where the epidemic has broken out...
 
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