Epidemiology of measles outbreaks in Qatar in 2007
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Epidemiology of measles outbreaks in Qatar in 2007.
While a major reduction in morbidity and mortality from measles has been achieved in Qatar since it adopted the measles elimination programme in 1997, the country has experienced small, recurrent measles outbreaks. The aim of this study was to determine the demographical and epidemiological characteristics of measles cases reported to the surveillance programme in Qatar in 2007. Of 362 confirme...
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عنوان ژورنال: Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1020-3397,1687-1634
DOI: 10.26719/2011.17.3.186