Measles in Geneva between 2003 and 2010: persistence of measles outbreaks despite high immunisation coverage.
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E Delaporte ([email protected])1, E Jeannot2,3, P Sudre1, C A Wyler Lazarevic2, J L Richard4, P Chastonay3 1. Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases Section, Cantonal Health Service, General Directorate for Health, Department of Regional Affairs, Economy and Health, Geneva, Switzerland 2. Youth Health Service, Department of Education, Geneva, Switzerland 3. Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Geneva medical school, Geneva, Switzerland 4. Infectious Diseases Division, Federal Office of Public Health, Berne, Switzerland
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin
دوره 16 39 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011