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The Effect of Contact Investigations and Public Health Interventions in the Control and Prevention of Measles Transmission: A Simulation Study

BACKGROUND: Measles cases continue to occur despite its elimination status in the United States. To control transmission, public health officials confirm the measles diagnosis, identify close contacts of infectious cases, deliver public health interventions (i.e., post-exposure prophylaxis) among th...

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Autores principales: Enanoria, Wayne T. A., Liu, Fengchen, Zipprich, Jennifer, Harriman, Kathleen, Ackley, Sarah, Blumberg, Seth, Worden, Lee, Porco, Travis C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5152814/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27941976
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0167160