Ongoing measles outbreak in Elche, Spain, 29 January to 9 March 2012

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Delgado de los Reyes, J A ^a   Arencibia Jimenez M ^a   Navarro Gracia, J F ^a   Alonso Echabe, E ^b   Garcia Puente P ^b   Banqueri Guerrero, E M ^a   Perez Torregrosa G ^a   Calle Barreto, J D ^a   Zurriaga Carda, R ^a  

^a Hospital General Univesitario of Elche   (Spain)

^b Public Health Centre   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MEASLES; SPAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84858785350     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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