Further efforts needed to achieve measles elimination in Germany: Results of an outbreak investigation

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 108-115

  Wichmann, Ole ^a   Siedler, Anette ^a   Sagebiel, Daniel ^a   Hellenbrand, Wiebke ^a   Santibanez, Sabine ^a   Mankertz, Annette ^a   Vogt, Geora ^b   Van Treeck, Ulrich ^c   Krause, Gérard ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b Local Health Authority of Duisburg   (Germany)

^c Institute of Public Health   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MEASLES VACCINE;

AGE STRUCTURE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEDERAL SYSTEM; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; MEASLES; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; VACCINATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSULTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENCEPHALITIS; EPIDEMIC; GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION COMPLICATION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; MORTALITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OTITIS MEDIA; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; PNEUMONIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA;

EID: 61449119800     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.07.050187     Document Type: Article

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