Measles Elimination Efforts and 2008–2011 Outbreak, France

Although few measles cases were reported in France during 2006 and 2007, suggesting the country might have been close to eliminating the disease, a dramatic outbreak of >20,000 cases occurred during 2008–2011. Adolescents and young adults accounted for more than half of cases; median patient age...

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Main Authors: Denise Antona, Daniel Lévy-Bruhl, Claire Baudon, François Freymuth, Mathieu Lamy, Catherine Maine, Daniel Floret, Isabelle Parent du Chatelet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013-03-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/3/12-1360_article

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