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  1. UNICEF, New Delhi, India

    Satish Kumar Gupta & Henri van den Hombergh

  2. World Health Organization, New Delhi, India

    Stephen Sosler & Anindya Sekhar Bose

  3. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi, India

    Pradeep Haldar

  4. Health Specialist, UNICEF, 73 Lodi Estate, New Delhi, India

    Satish Kumar Gupta

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Gupta, S.K., Sosler, S., Haldar, P. et al. Introduction strategy of a second dose measles containing vaccine in India. Indian Pediatr 48, 379–382 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13312-011-0066-1

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