The pre-vaccination regional epidemiological landscape of measles in Italy: contact patterns, effort needed for eradication, and comparison with other regions of Europe

BACKGROUND: Strong regional heterogeneity and generally sub-optimal rates of measles vaccination in Italy have, to date, hampered attainment of WHO targets for measles elimination, and have generated the need for the new Italian National Measles Elimination Plan. Crucial to success of the plan is th...

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Autores principales: Manfredi, Piero, Cleur, Eugene M, Williams, John R, Salmaso, Stefania, Atti, Marta Ciofi degli
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC554971/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15717921
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1478-7954-3-1

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