Measles outbreak in Macedonia: epidemiological, clinical and laboratory findings and identification of susceptible cohorts.

OBJECTIVES: Despite a 92-99% national vaccination coverage since 2000, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia experienced a large measles outbreak between 2010 and 2011. Here we investigate the characteristics of patients hospitalized during this outbreak at the Clinic of Infectious Diseases in S...

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Main Authors: Irena T Kondova, Zvonko Milenkovic, Sanja P Marinkovic, Golubinka Bosevska, Gordana Kuzmanovska, Goran Kondov, Sonja Alabakovska, Claude P Muller, Judith M Hübschen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3769294?pdf=render