Extensive nosocomial transmission of measles originating in cruise ship passenger, Sardinia, Italy, 2014

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1444-1446

  Filia, Antonietta ^a   Bella, Antonino ^a   Cadeddu, Giovanna ^b   Milia, Maria Rafaela ^b   Manso, Martina Del ^a   Rota, Maria Cristina ^a   Magurano, Fabio ^a   Nicoletti, Loredana ^a   Declich, Silvia ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b Local Health Unit 7   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; RASH; VACCINATION; VERY ELDERLY; ADOLESCENT; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECREATION; SHIP; TRANSMISSION; TRAVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; MEASLES; MIDDLE AGED; RECREATION; SHIPS; TRAVEL;

EID: 84937396167     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2108.141105     Document Type: Article

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