Measles outbreak in Qassim, Saudi Arabia 2007: epidemiology and evaluation of outbreak response
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Measles outbreak in Qassim, Saudi Arabia 2007: epidemiology and evaluation of outbreak response.
BACKGROUND Worldwide efforts for measles elimination are made possible due to the availability of a highly effective measles vaccine. In spite of highly vaccinated population, a measles outbreak occurred in Qassim province of Saudi Arabia, during January-August 2007. METHODS An outbreak investigation was conducted to describe the epidemiology of outbreak. An audit of performance of control me...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Public Health
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1741-3842,1741-3850
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdn070