The pre-vaccination regional epidemiological landscape of measles in Italy: contact patterns, effort needed for eradication, and comparison with other regions of Europe

• Главные авторы: Salmaso Stefania (Автор), Williams John R (Автор), Cleur Eugene M (Автор), Manfredi Piero (Автор), Atti Marta (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: BMC, 2005-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Strong regional heterogeneity and generally sub-optimal rates of measles vaccination in Italy have, to date, hampered attainment of WHO targets for measles elimination, and have generated the need for the new Italian National Measles...