Measles virus spread initiated at international mass gatherings in Europe, 2011

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 19, Issue 35, 2014, Pages 1-10

  Santibanez, S ^a   Prosenc, K ^b   Lohr, D ^c   Pfaff, G ^c   Markocic, O Jordan ^b   Mankertz, A ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Slovenia)

^c Baden Wuerttemberg State Health Office   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; RUBELLA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; COMMON COLD; CONJUNCTIVITIS; COUGHING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GERMANY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INTERNATIONAL MASS GATHERING; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; MUMPS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEROLOGY; SLOVENIA; SOCIETY; THROAT CULTURE; VACCINE FAILURE; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84907759612     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es2014.19.35.20891     Document Type: Article

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