Who Gets Measles in Europe?
- 10 June 2011
- journal article
- conference paper
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 204 (Supplement) , S353-S365
- https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jir067
Abstract
Background. Measles outbreaks continue to occur in Europe as a result of suboptimum vaccination coverage. This article aims to describe individuals susceptible to measles, and provide an overview of affected groups and the public settings in which measles transmission occurred in Europe in 2005–2009.This publication has 39 references indexed in Scilit:
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