Outbreak of a new measles B3 variant in the Roma/Sinti population with transmission in the nosocomial setting, Italy, November 2015 to April 2016

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 21, Issue 20, 2016, Pages

  Filia, Antonietta ^a   Amendola, A ^b   Faccini, M ^c   Del Manso, M ^a   Senatore, S ^c   Bianchi, S ^b   Borrini, B M ^d   Ciampelli, A ^b   Tanzi, E ^b   Filipponi, M T ^c   Piccirilli, G ^e   Lazzarotto, T ^e   Pascucci, M G ^d   Baggieri, M ^a   Magurano, F ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c HEALTH PROTECTION AGENCY   (Italy)

^d Regional Health Authority   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MEASLES; MEASLES B3; PHYLOGENY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VACCINATION; ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MEASLES VIRUS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

MEASLES VACCINE;

ADULT; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; ITALY; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; MEASLES VIRUS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 85014064831     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.20.30235     Document Type: Article

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