The pre-vaccination regional epidemiological landscape of measles in Italy: contact patterns, effort needed for eradication, and comparison with other regions of Europe

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Strong regional heterogeneity and generally sub-optimal rates of measles vaccination in Italy have, to date, hampered attainment of WHO targets for measles elimination, and have generated the need for the new Italian National Measles...

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Main Authors: Salmaso Stefania, Williams John R, Cleur Eugene M, Manfredi Piero, Atti Marta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2005-02-01
Series:Population Health Metrics
Online Access:http://www.pophealthmetrics.com/content/3/1/1