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Different measles outbreaks in Belgium, January to June 2016 - a challenge for public health.

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DOI : https://dx.doi.org/10.2807%2F1560-7917.ES.2016.21.32.30313 [2]

Authors

Tine Grammens [3]; Virginie Maes [4]; Veronik Hutse [5]; Valeska Laisnez [6]; Schirvel, Carole [7]; Trémérie, Jean Marie [8]; Martine Sabbe [9]

Keywords

  1. ADOLESCENT [10]
  2. Adult [11]
  3. Age Distribution [12]
  4. Belgium [13]
  5. Child [14]
  6. Child, Preschool [15]
  7. Contact Tracing [16]
  8. Cross Infection [17]
  9. Disease Outbreaks [18]
  10. Female [19]
  11. Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice [20]
  12. Health Personnel [21]
  13. hospitals [22]
  14. Humans [23]
  15. Immunoglobulin M [24]
  16. Infant [25]
  17. Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional [26]
  18. Male [27]
  19. Measles [28]
  20. Measles Vaccine [29]
  21. middle aged [30]
  22. public health [31]
  23. Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction [32]
  24. Vaccination [33]
  25. Young adult [34]
Article written during project(s) : 
NRC MMR National Reference Centre for Measles, Mumps and Rubella virus: working to eliminate measles and rubella in Belgium [35]
PediSurv Network of pediatric infectious disease surveillance [36]

Abstract:

During the first half of 2016, several outbreaks of measles were reported in the three regions of Belgium. Main challenges for public health were severe complications occurring in adults, nosocomial transmission and infection in healthcare workers. Here, we describe those outbreaks and lessons learnt for public health.
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Measles [37]
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