Measles case imported from Europe to Victoria, Australia, March 2006
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epidemiological study of oral and pharyngeal cancers in kermanshah province from march 1993 to march 2006
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15 صفحه اولMeasles surveillance in Victoria, Australia.
OBJECTIVE Many countries are implementing measles elimination strategies. In Australia, the State of Victoria has conducted enhanced measles surveillance since 1997 using case interviews and home-based specimen collection for laboratory confirmation. We attempted to identify features of notified cases that would better target surveillance resources. METHODS We retrospectively classified notif...
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عنوان ژورنال: Weekly releases (1997–2007)
سال: 2006
ISSN: 9999-1233
DOI: 10.2807/esw.11.20.02959-en