Different measles outbreaks in Belgium, January to June 2016-a challenge for public health

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 21, Issue 32, 2016, Pages

  Grammens, Tine ^a   Maes, V ^a   Hutse, V ^a   Laisnez, V ^b   Schirvel, C ^c   Tremerie J M ^d   Sabbe, M ^a  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^b Flemish Agency for Care and Health   (Belgium)

^c Agence pour une Vie de Qualité   (Belgium)

^d Health Inspection Service de l Inspection de l Hygiène de la Commission communautaire commune   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MEASLES VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHILD; CYTOLYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BELGIUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT TRACING; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85015351994     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.32.30313     Document Type: Article

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