Measles still spreads in Europe: Who is responsible for the failure to vaccinate?

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2012, Pages 50-56

  Carrillo Santisteve, P ^a   Lopalco, P L ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Elimination; Immunization; Measles; Public health; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE;

BELGIUM; BULGARIA; CYPRUS; CZECH REPUBLIC; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUNGARY; INCIDENCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; IRELAND; LATVIA; LUXEMBOURG; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROMANIA; SLOVAKIA; SLOVENIA; SPAIN; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; VACCINE FAILURE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

RUBELLA;

EID: 84867401358     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2012.03982.x     Document Type: Review

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