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Challenging measles case definition: three measles outbreaks in three Health Regions of Portugal, February to April 2018

We report three simultaneous measles outbreaks with 112 confirmed cases in three Health Regions of Portugal, from February to April 2018. The mean age of cases was 30 years, 79% worked in a healthcare setting and 87% were vaccinated. Genotype B3 was identified in 84 cases from the three outbreaks. P...

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Autores principales: Augusto, Gonçalo Figueiredo, Cruz, Diogo, Silva, Andreia, Pereira, Natália, Aguiar, Bárbara, Leça, Ana, Serrada, Elisabete, Valente, Paula, Fernandes, Teresa, Guerra, Fernando, Palminha, Paula, Vinagre, Elsa, Lopo, Sílvia, Cordeiro, Rita, Sáez-López, Emma, Neto, Maria, Nogueira, Paulo Jorge, Freitas, Graça
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6152152/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30017024
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.28.1800328