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Laboratory investigations are indispensable to monitor the progress of measles elimination--results of the German Measles Sentinel 1999-2003.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Nov 2004
Tischer Annedore, Santibanez Sabine, Siedler Anette, Heider Alla, Hengel Hartmut
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BACKGROUND: The elimination of measles is a goal set by the World Health Organisation to be reached by 2010 in the European region. OBJECTIVES: To enhance the measles surveillance in Germany, a country-wide laboratory supported a sentinel was established. STUDY DESIGN: A network of >1200 represen...
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