Giuseppe
Emeritus
Nosocomial transmission of measles among healthcare workers, Bulgaria, 2010 (Euro Surveill., abstract, edited)
[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: <cite cite="http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19842">Eurosurveillance - View Article</cite>. Abstract, edited.]
Eurosurveillance, Volume 16, Issue 15, 14 April 2011
Rapid communications
Nosocomial transmission of measles among healthcare workers, Bulgaria, 2010
R Komitova 1, A Kunchev 2, Z Mihneva 3, L Marinova 3
1. University Hospital, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2. Communicable Diseases Surveillance Department, Ministry of Health, Sofia, Bulgaria
3. National Centre of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Sofia, Bulgaria
Citation style for this article: Komitova R, Kunchev A, Mihneva Z, Marinova L. Nosocomial transmission of measles among healthcare workers, Bulgaria, 2010. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(15)
ii=19842. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19842
Date of submission: 11 April 2011
This report describes 326 cases of nosocomial transmission of measles with 286 cases among non-healthcare workers who acquired the disease in a hospital setting. Between October 2009 and April 2010, 40 healthcare workers from seven different regions in Bulgaria have contracted the disease.
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[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: <cite cite="http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19842">Eurosurveillance - View Article</cite>. Abstract, edited.]
Eurosurveillance, Volume 16, Issue 15, 14 April 2011
Rapid communications
Nosocomial transmission of measles among healthcare workers, Bulgaria, 2010
R Komitova 1, A Kunchev 2, Z Mihneva 3, L Marinova 3
1. University Hospital, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2. Communicable Diseases Surveillance Department, Ministry of Health, Sofia, Bulgaria
3. National Centre of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Sofia, Bulgaria
Citation style for this article: Komitova R, Kunchev A, Mihneva Z, Marinova L. Nosocomial transmission of measles among healthcare workers, Bulgaria, 2010. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(15)
ii=19842. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19842Date of submission: 11 April 2011
This report describes 326 cases of nosocomial transmission of measles with 286 cases among non-healthcare workers who acquired the disease in a hospital setting. Between October 2009 and April 2010, 40 healthcare workers from seven different regions in Bulgaria have contracted the disease.
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