Different measles outbreaks in Belgium, January to June 2016 – a challenge for public health

During the first half of 2016, several outbreaks of measles were reported in the three regions of Belgium. Main challenges for public health were severe complications occurring in adults, nosocomial transmission and infection in healthcare workers. Here, we describe those outbreaks and lessons learn...

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Autores principales: Grammens, Tine, Maes, Virginie, Hutse, Veronik, Laisnez, Valeska, Schirvel, Carole, Trémérie, Jean Marie, Sabbe, Martine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2016
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Rapid Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4998501/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27541858
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.32.30313
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author Grammens, Tine
Maes, Virginie
Hutse, Veronik
Laisnez, Valeska
Schirvel, Carole
Trémérie, Jean Marie
Sabbe, Martine
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spelling pubmed-49985012016-09-28 Different measles outbreaks in Belgium, January to June 2016 – a challenge for public health Grammens, Tine Maes, Virginie Hutse, Veronik Laisnez, Valeska Schirvel, Carole Trémérie, Jean Marie Sabbe, Martine Euro Surveill Rapid Communication During the first half of 2016, several outbreaks of measles were reported in the three regions of Belgium. Main challenges for public health were severe complications occurring in adults, nosocomial transmission and infection in healthcare workers. Here, we describe those outbreaks and lessons learnt for public health. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2016-08-11 /pmc/articles/PMC4998501/ /pubmed/27541858 http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.32.30313 Text en This article is copyright of The Authors, 2016. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.
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title_fullStr Different measles outbreaks in Belgium, January to June 2016 – a challenge for public health
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title_short Different measles outbreaks in Belgium, January to June 2016 – a challenge for public health
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4998501/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27541858
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.32.30313
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