Measles outbreak spreading from the community to an anthroposophic school, Berlin, 2011

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 789-796

  Lassen, S Gillesberg ^a,b   Schuster, M ^a   Stemmler, M ^c   Steinmuller A ^d   Matysiak Klose, D ^a   Mankertz, A ^a   Santibanez, S ^a   Wichmann, O ^a   Falkenhorst, G ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

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

^c District Public Health Authority   (Germany)

^d Robert Koch Institute National Reference Centre Measles ^*

Author keywords

Community outbreak; infectious disease control; measles; MMR vaccination; vaccines

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; MEASLES VIRUS; MEASLES VIRUS GENOTYPE D4; SEX RATIO; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; CASE FINDING; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENOTYPE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; INCIDENCE; PATHOGEN CLEARANCE; SCHOOL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; COHORT ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BERLIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA VACCINE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOLS; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901699377     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268813001398     Document Type: Article

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