The changing epidemiology of measles in an era of elimination: lessons from health-care-setting transmissions of measles during an outbreak in New South Wales, Australia, 2012

• Autori principali: Alexis Pillsbury (Autore), May Chiew (Autore), Shopna Bag (Autore), Kirsty Hope (Autore), Sophie Norton (Autore), Stephen Conaty (Autore), Vicky Sheppeard (Autore), Peter McIntyre (Autore)
• Natura: Libro
• Pubblicazione: World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2016-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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Introduction: In countries where measles is rare, health-care-setting transmissions remain problematic. Australia experienced its largest measles outbreak in 15 years in 2012 with 199 cases reported nationally; 170 cases occurred in the state of New South Wales (NSW) with symptom onset between 7 Apr...