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Measles outbreak among Roma people in Wrocław, Poland, 2012.
Polish journal of microbiology - 1 Jan 2014
Makówka Agata, Paradowska-Stankiewicz Iwona, Szenborn Leszek, Santibanez Sabine, Mankerz Annette, Litwińska Bogumiła
Abstract excerpt
A measles outbreak that affected mainly the Roma ethnic group has been observed in Wrocław, southwest Poland, in spring/summer 2012. There were 15 confirmed measles cases occurring among young Roma people aged from 0 to 16 years including a newborn infant, born by a mother who showed measles symptoms immediately after delivery. Measles virus transmission into the general Polish population was restricted to two...
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