Large ongoing measles outbreak in a religious community in the Netherlands since may 2013

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 18, Issue 36, 2013, Pages

  Kno, M J ^a   Urbanus, A T ^a   Swart, E M ^a   Mollema, L ^a   Ruijs, W L ^a,b   van Binnendijk, R S ^a   Te Wierik, M J ^a,c   de Melker, H E ^a   Timen, A ^a   Hahne S J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b Municipal Health Service Gelderland Zuid   (Netherlands)

^c Municipal Health Service Midden Nederland   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIGION; RISK; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DEMOGRAPHY; EASTERN ORTHODOXY; HOSPITALIZATION; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTESTANTISM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EASTERN ORTHODOXY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MASS VACCINATION; MEASLES; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PROTESTANTISM; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884269237     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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