The measles outbreak in Bulgaria, 2009–2011: An epidemiological assessment and lessons learnt

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Muscat, Mark ^a   Marinova, L ^a,b   Mankertz, A ^c   Gatcheva, N ^d   Mihneva, Z ^b   Santibanez, S ^c   Kunchev, A ^e   Filipova, R ^e   Kojouharova, M ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b NATIONAL CENTER OF INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES   (Bulgaria)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d Bulgarian Association for Prevention and Infection Control BulNoso   (Bulgaria)

^e Ministry of Health Sofia   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BULGARIA; CHILD; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENCEPHALITIS; FATALITY; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; MEASLES VIRUS; MOLECULAR TYPING; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; PHYLOGENY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS STRAIN; YOUNG ADULT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; NEWBORN; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VACCINATION;

MEASLES VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BULGARIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85001610942     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.9.30152     Document Type: Article

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