An outbreak of measles associated with an international dog show in Slovenia, November 2014

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Grgic Vitek M ^a   Frelih, T ^a   Ucakar, V ^a   Fafangel, M ^b,c   Jordan Markocic, O ^d   Prosenc, K ^e   Kraigher, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Slovenia)

^b Regional Unit Nova Gorica NIJZ   (Slovenia)

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

^d Regional Unit Ljubljana NIJZ   (Slovenia)

^e Environment and Food   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MEASLES VACCINE; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS NUCLEOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY RASH; CHILD; DOG SHOW; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; MEASLES VIRUS; MIDDLE AGED; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SLOVENIA; SOCIETY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; CROWDING (AREA); DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DOG; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; TRANSMISSION; TRAVEL; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CROWDING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DOGS; HUMANS; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; MIDDLE AGED; SLOVENIA; TRAVEL;

EID: 84922032419     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2015.20.3.21012     Document Type: Article

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