A measles outbreak in catania, sicily: The importance of high vaccination coverage and early notification of cases for health and economic reasons;Un’epidemia di morbillo a catania, sicilia: l’importanza di un’elevata copertura vaccinale e della notifica precoce dei casi per ragioni sanitarie ed economiche

Infezioni in Medicina

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 222-226

  Celesia, Benedetto Maurizio ^a   Fontana Del Vecchio, Rossella ^a   Pinzone, Marilia Rita ^a   Cuccia, Mario ^b   Bellissimo, Francesco ^a   Rapisarda, Liliana ^a   Rinnone, Sebastiano ^b   Rapisarda, Venerando ^a   Pavone, Piero ^c   Cacopardo, Bruno ^a   Nunnari, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b Local Health Authority of Catania   (Italy)

^c Azienda Policlinico   (Italy)

Author keywords

Measles; Notification; Outbreak; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSPASM; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; CYSTITIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EPIDEMIC; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; OTITIS; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT; COST; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; ECONOMICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SICILY; TIME FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SICILY; TIME FACTORS; VACCINATION;

EID: 84907818507     PISSN: 11249390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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