Measles outbreak on a cruise ship in the western Mediterranean, February 2014, preliminary report

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Lanini, S ^a   Capobianchi, M R ^a   Puro, V ^a   Filia, A ^b   Del Manso, M ^b   Karki T ^b,c   Nicoletti, L ^b   Magurano, F ^b   Derrough, T ^c   Severi, E ^c   Bonfigli, S ^d   Lauria, F N ^a   Ippolito, G ^a   Vellucci, L ^d   Pompa, M G ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

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

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; ITALY; MALE; MEASLES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PHYLOGENY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHIP; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MEASLES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SHIPS; TRAVEL;

EID: 84896290711     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.10.20735     Document Type: Article

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