Ongoing measles outbreak in Wallonia, Belgium, December 2016 to March 2017: Characteristics and challenges

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 22, Issue 17, 2017, Pages

  Grammens, Tine ^a   Schirvel, C ^b   Leenen, S ^b   Shodu, N ^b   Hutse, V ^a   da Costa, E Mendes ^a   Sabbe, M ^a  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^b Infectious Disease Surveillance Unit   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MEASLES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; VACCINATION; BELGIUM; CONTACT EXAMINATION; EMBRYOLOGY; EPIDEMIC; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

MEASLES VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BELGIUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFANT; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85019012422     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.17.30524     Document Type: Article

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