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Surveillance and vaccination coverage of measles and rubella in Northern Italy.
Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics - 1 Jan 2015
Amendola Antonella, Bubba Laura, Piralla Antonio, Binda Sandro, Zanetti Alessandro, Pariani Elena, Ranghiero Alberto, Premoli Marta, Pellegrinelli Laura, Coppola Liliana, Gramegna Maria, Baldanti Fausto, Zanetti Alessandro
Abstract excerpt
Measles and rubella are infectious diseases and humans are the only reservoir of these infections. Effective vaccines are available with the potential for measles (MV) and rubella (RuV) virus eradication. According to the World Health Organisation guidelines, a national plan was approved in Italy in 2013 to achieve the MV/RuV elimination by 2015, and active MV/RuV integrated surveillance initiated. Towards this...
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