Spotlight on measles 2010: Measles outbreak in the provence-alpes-côte d'azur region, france, january to november 2010 - substantial underreporting of cases

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 15, Issue 50, 2010, Pages

  Six, C ^a   De Canecaude, J Blanes ^b   Duponchel, J L ^b   Lafont, E ^b   Decoppet, A ^b   Travanut, M ^b   Pingeon, J M ^b   Coulon, L ^b   Peloux Petiot, F ^b   Grenier Tisserant, P ^b   Delaroziere J C ^c   Charlet, F ^b   Malfait, P ^a  

^a Regional office of the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (Cire Sud)   (France)

^b Agence régionale de santé PACA Regional Health Agency   (France)

^c Interregional infection control coordinating centre (CClin)   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE;

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENCEPHALITIS; EPIDEMIC; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; PNEUMONIA; POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; RASH; SEX RATIO; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

EID: 78650590534     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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