1227Familiality of fatal measles infections in Iceland, 1882. Analysis of a reconstructed patient cohort from a major epidemic
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1227. Familiality of fatal measles infections in Iceland, 1882. Analysis of a reconstructed patient cohort from a major epidemic Magnus Gottfredsson, MD, PhD; Sandra Gunnarsdottir, BS; Haraldur Briem, MD, PhD; Ingileif Jonsdottir, PhD; Kari Stefansson, MD, PhD; Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland; Infectious Diseases, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland; School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland; The Directorate of Health, Centre for Health Security and Communicable Disease Control, Reykjavik, Iceland; deCODE Genetics, Reykjavik, Iceland
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