Open AccessWho Gets Measles in Europe?
Author(s) -
Mark Muscat
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1537-6613
pISSN - 0022-1899
DOI - 10.1093/infdis/jir067
Subject(s) - measles , vaccination , transmission (telecommunications) , environmental health , measles vaccine , public health , medicine , immunization , outbreak , measles virus , immunology , family medicine , virology , nursing , electrical engineering , antigen , engineering
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.
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