Ongoing large measles outbreak with nosocomial transmission in Milan, northern Italy, March-August 2017

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 22, Issue 33, 2017, Pages

  Amendola, A ^a,b   Bianchi, S ^a   Frati, E R ^a   Ciceri, G ^a   Faccini, M ^c   Senatore, S ^c   Colzani, D ^a   Lamberti, A ^c   Baggieri, M ^d   Cereda, D ^e   Gramegna, M ^e   Nicoletti, L ^d   Magurano, F ^d   Tanzi, E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c HEALTH PROTECTION AGENCY   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^e UO Governo della prevenzione e tutela sanitaria   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; VIRUS NUCLEOPROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; PHYLOGENY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEASLES VIRUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; ITALY; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 85028318785     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.33.30596     Document Type: Article

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