Measles outbreak in Europe

BMJ

Volumn 342, Issue 7812, 2011, Pages

  Cottrell, Simon ^a   Roberts, Richard John ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROCONVERSION;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EUROPE; HUMANS; MEASLES;

EID: 84859004096     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d3724     Document Type: Editorial

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