Ongoing measles outbreak in Romania, 2011

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 16, Issue 31, 2011, Pages

  Stanescu, A ^a   Janta, D ^a   Lupulescu, E ^b   Necula, G ^b   Lazar, M ^b   Molnar, G ^c   Pistol, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Romania)

^b CANTACUZINO INSTITUTE   (Romania)

^c Ministry of Health   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; MEASLES VIRUS; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROMANIA;

EID: 80051768233     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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