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Risk analysis for measles reintroduction after global certification of eradication.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jul 2011
Sanders Raymond, Dabbagh Alya, Featherstone David
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Measles virus will continue to exist after certification of global eradication as virus stocks and infectious materials held in laboratories, in persistently and chronically infected individuals, and possibly in undetected foci of transmission. A literature search was undertaken to identify and evaluate the main risks for reintroduction of measles transmission in the absence of universal measles...
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