Ongoing measles outbreak, Geneva, Switzerland, January to March 2011

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1-3

  Delaporte, E ^a   Richard, J L ^b   Wyler Lazarevic, C A ^c   Lacour, O ^a   Girard, M ^a   Ginet, C ^d   Iten, A ^d   Sudre, P ^a  

^a Department of Security Population and Health   (Switzerland)

^b Federal Ofce of Public Health   (Switzerland)

^c Department of Education and Youth   (Switzerland)

^d GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; COMMON COLD; CONJUNCTIVITIS; COUGHING; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; OTITIS; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SWITZERLAND; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; MEASLES VIRUS; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; VACCINATION; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA VACCINE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SWITZERLAND; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952635528     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/ese.16.10.19815-en     Document Type: Article

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