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High number of hospitalisations and non-classical presentations: lessons learned from a measles outbreak in 2017, Belgium
We describe and analyse an outbreak of measles that affected Belgium early 2017. In total, 289 cases were reported, mostly (53%) in people 15 years or older. For 133 (46%) vaccination status was unknown and a further 117 (41%) were not vaccinated. According to national guidelines, 83 of the unvaccin...
Autores principales: | Cornelissen, L., Grammens, T., Leenen, S., Schirvel, C., Hutse, V., Demeester, R., Swennen, B., Asikainen, T., Wyndham-Thomas, C. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7058656/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32089145 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268820000278 |
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