Measles outbreak after 12 years without endemic transmission, Portugal, February to May 2017

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 22, Issue 23, 2017, Pages

  George, F ^a   Valente, J ^a   Augusto, G F ^a   Silva, A J ^a   Pereira, N ^a   Fernandes, T ^a   Palminha, P ^b   Aguiar, B A ^a   Martins, A ^a   Santos, E ^a   Valente, P ^a   Cale E ^a   Leca A ^a   Nogueira, Paulo Jorge ^a  

^a General Directorate of Health Lisbon   (Portugal)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; MEASLES VACCINATION; PORTUGAL; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VACCINATION; VIROLOGY;

MEASLES VACCINE;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENOTYPE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; MEASLES VIRUS; PORTUGAL; VACCINATION;

EID: 85021160332     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.23.30548     Document Type: Article

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