Further efforts needed to achieve measles elimination in Germany: results of an outbreak investigation

• Váldodahkkit: Ole Wichmann (Dahkki), Anette Siedler (Dahkki), Daniel Sagebiel (Dahkki), Wiebke Hellenbrand (Dahkki), Sabine Santibanez (Dahkki), Annette Mankertz (Dahkki), Georg Vogt (Dahkki), Ulrich van Treeck (Dahkki), Gérard Krause (Dahkki)
• Materiálatiipa: Girji
• Almmustuhtton: The World Health Organization, 2009-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Fáttát: article
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OBJECTIVE: To determine morbidity and costs related to a large measles outbreak in Germany and to identify ways to improve the country's national measles elimination strategy. METHODS: We investigated a large outbreak of measles in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) that occurred...