Re-emergence of measles among young adults in Marseilles, France

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 891-893

  Zandotti, Christine ^a   Jeantet, Damien ^b   Lambert, Frédéric ^a   Waku Kouomou, Diane ^b   Wild, Fabian ^b   Freymuth, François ^c   Harle, Jean Robert ^d   De Lamballerie, Xavier ^a   Charrel, Rémi N ^a,e  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE MARSEILLE   (France)

^e UMR unité des Virus Emergents   (France)

Author keywords

Measles; Outbreak; Vaccine; Virus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FRANCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEASLES; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; VACCINATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEASLES VIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE;

MEASLES VACCINE; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; MEASLES VIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 16644367929     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EJEP.0000040453.13914.48     Document Type: Article

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