Letter to the editor: Measles on the cruise ship: Links with virus spreading into an emergency department in southern Italy

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 19, Issue 19, 2014, Pages

  Cozza, V ^a,b   Chironna, M ^c   Leo, C ^d   Prato, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d Brindisi Port Authority   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; ITALY; LETTER; MALE; MEASLES; POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; SHIP; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; VACCINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MEASLES; SHIPS;

EID: 84901044480     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.19.20800     Document Type: Letter

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