Giuseppe
Emeritus
Letter to the editor. Spotlight on measles 2010: Timely administration of the first dose of measles vaccine in the context of an ongoing measles outbreak in France (edited)
[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: <cite cite="http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19689">Eurosurveillance - View Article</cite>. 1st paragraph, edited.]
Eurosurveillance, Volume 15, Issue 41, 14 October 2010
Letters
Letter to the editor. Spotlight on measles 2010: Timely administration of the first dose of measles vaccine in the context of an ongoing measles outbreak in France
A Gagneur 1, D Pinquier 2
1. Universit? de Sherbrooke, CHUS Fleurimont, D?partement de P?diatrie. Sherbrooke, Qu?bec, Canada
2. H?pital Charles Nicolle, P?le M?re-Femme-Enfant, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Rouen, France
Citation style for this article: Gagneur A, Pinquier D. Letter to the editor. Spotlight on measles 2010: Timely administration of the first dose of measles vaccine in the context of an ongoing measles outbreak in France. Euro Surveill. 2010;15(41)
ii=19689. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19689
Date of submission: ...
To the editor:
Parent du Ch?telet et al. recently described the ongoing measles outbreak in France [1]. We would like to highlight a specific aspect of this outbreak: the significant change in the age distribution of measles cases. In fact, the proportion of cases aged under one year has increased significantly from 2008 to 2010 and this population represents to date the highest incidence rate [1]. Several factors could explain this phenomenon, leading to the question of the necessity of specific control measures in response to the increase of measles cases in the under one year-olds.
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[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: <cite cite="http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19689">Eurosurveillance - View Article</cite>. 1st paragraph, edited.]
Eurosurveillance, Volume 15, Issue 41, 14 October 2010
Letters
Letter to the editor. Spotlight on measles 2010: Timely administration of the first dose of measles vaccine in the context of an ongoing measles outbreak in France
A Gagneur 1, D Pinquier 2
1. Universit? de Sherbrooke, CHUS Fleurimont, D?partement de P?diatrie. Sherbrooke, Qu?bec, Canada
2. H?pital Charles Nicolle, P?le M?re-Femme-Enfant, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Rouen, France
Citation style for this article: Gagneur A, Pinquier D. Letter to the editor. Spotlight on measles 2010: Timely administration of the first dose of measles vaccine in the context of an ongoing measles outbreak in France. Euro Surveill. 2010;15(41)
ii=19689. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19689Date of submission: ...
To the editor:
Parent du Ch?telet et al. recently described the ongoing measles outbreak in France [1]. We would like to highlight a specific aspect of this outbreak: the significant change in the age distribution of measles cases. In fact, the proportion of cases aged under one year has increased significantly from 2008 to 2010 and this population represents to date the highest incidence rate [1]. Several factors could explain this phenomenon, leading to the question of the necessity of specific control measures in response to the increase of measles cases in the under one year-olds.
(...)
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