Large outbreak of measles in a community with high vaccination coverage: Implications for the vaccination schedule

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1143-1149

  Domínguez, Angela ^a,b,f   Torner, Nuria ^b,f   Barrabeig, Irene ^b   Rovira, Ariadna ^b   Rius, Cristina ^c,f   Cayla, Joan ^c,f   Plasencia, Elsa ^b   Minguell, Sofia ^b   Sala, M Rosa ^b   Martínez, Ana ^b   Costa, Josep ^d   Mosquera, Mar ^e,f   Cabezas, Carmen ^b   Godoy, P ^b,f   Batalla, J ^b,f   Alvarez, J ^b   Urbano, R ^b   Arias, C ^b   Torres, J ^b   Camps, N ^b   Urbitzondo, L ^b   Jansa J M ^b   Plasencia, A ^b   Guix, J ^c   Guarga, A ^b   Sintes, X ^b   Zabaleta, E ^g   Jodar, G ^g   Martinez, M V ^f,h   Pena Rey I ^f,h   Castellanos, T ⁱ   Echevarria, J E ^e,f   De Ory, F ^e,f   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Generalitat of Catalonia ^*

^c AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^f CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^g INSTITUT CATALÀ DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

^h CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

ⁱ National Epidemiology Center   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MEASLES VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; COMMUNITY; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES; OTITIS; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SPAIN; URINALYSIS; VACCINATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; MEASLES VIRUS; MIDDLE AGED; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS; VACCINATION;

EID: 53349118566     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/592258     Document Type: Article

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