Measles outbreak in a Roma community in the Eastern region of Slovakia, May to October 2018

• Main Authors: Hudečková Henrieta (Author), Stašková Janka (Author), Mikas Ján (Author), Mečochová Adriana (Author), Staroňová Edita (Author), Polčičová Alexandra (Author), Baška Tibor (Author), Novák Martin (Author), Malinovská Nora (Author), Zibolenová Jana (Author), Švihrová Viera (Author), Nováková Elena (Author), Štefkovičová Mária (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sciendo, 2020-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Despite the effective National Immunization Programme of Slovakia, some population groups are incompletely vaccinated or unvaccinated. We aimed to describe the measles outbreak spread in Eastern Slovakia between May and October 2018, affecting the Roma communities in relation to the existing immunit...