Ongoing outbreak of rubella among young male adults in Poland: increased risk of congenital rubella infections.
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I Paradowska-Stankiewicz1, M P Czarkowski1, T Derrough2, P Stefanoff ([email protected])3,4 1. National Institute of Public Health – National Institute of Hygiene, Warsaw, Poland 2. European Centre of Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden 3. Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway 4. European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET), European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin
دوره 18 21 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013