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Epidemiology of two large measles virus outbreaks in Catalonia: what a difference the month of administration of the first dose of vaccine makes.
Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics - 1 Mar 2013
Torner Núria, Anton Andres, Barrabeig Irene, Lafuente Sara, Parron Ignasi, Arias César, Camps Neus, Costa Josep, Martínez Ana, Torra Roser, Godoy Pere, Minguell Sofia, Ferrús Glòria, Cabezas Carmen, Domínguez Ángela, Spain
Abstract excerpt
Measles cases in the European Region have been increasing in the last decade; this illustrates the challenge of what we are now encountering in the form of pediatric preventable diseases. In Catalonia, autochthonous measles was declared eliminated in the year 2000 as the result of high measles-mumps-rubella vaccine (MMR) coverage for first and second dose (15 mo and 4 y) since the mid-1990s. From then on,...
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