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Epidemiologic and laboratory surveillance of the measles outbreak in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, February 2014-April 2015.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Jun 2016
Salimović-Bešić I, Šeremet M, Hübschen J M, Hukić M, Tihić N, Ahmetagić S, Delibegović Z, Pilav A, Mulaomerović M, Ravlija J, Muller C P, Dedeić-Ljubović A
Abstract excerpt
A measles outbreak with two epidemic waves involving 4649 probable and laboratory-confirmed cases was recorded in six out of ten cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina between February 2014 and April 2015. The majority of the patients had never received measles vaccination (3115/4649, 67.00%), and the vaccination status of another 23% was unknown (1066/4649). A total of 281 blood samples were tested...
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