Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
J A Delgado de los Reyes (
)<SUP>1</SUP>, M Arencibia Jim?nez<SUP>1</SUP>, J F Navarro Gracia<SUP>1</SUP>, E Alonso Echabe<SUP>2</SUP>, P Garc?a Puente<SUP>2</SUP>, E M Banqueri Guerrero<SUP>1</SUP>, G P?rez Torregrosa<SUP>1</SUP>, J D Calle Barreto<SUP>1</SUP>, R Zurriaga Carda<SUP>1</SUP>
Citation style for this article: Delgado de los Reyes JA, Arencibia Jim?nez M, Navarro Gracia JF, Alonso Echabe E, Garc?a Puente P, Banqueri Guerrero EM, P?rez Torregrosa G, Calle Barreto JD, Zurriaga Carda R. Ongoing measles outbreak in Elche, Spain, 29 January to 9 March 2012. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(11)
ii=20119. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20119
Date of submission: 29 February 2012 <HR>On 29 January 2012, the first case of measles in Elche, Spain, since 2001 was notified through the epidemiological surveillance system of the Valencian Community. As of 9 March, 109 cases have been notified. The outbreak started in a neighbourhood where the vaccination coverage of the population is inadequate. This report highlights the need to vaccinate the susceptible population and also points to the importance of developing coordinated measures between public health centres and hospital preventive services.
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Eurosurveillance, Volume 17, Issue 11, 15 March 2012
Rapid communications
Ongoing measles outbreak in Elche, Spain, 29 January to 9 March 2012
Rapid communications
Ongoing measles outbreak in Elche, Spain, 29 January to 9 March 2012
J A Delgado de los Reyes (
- Preventive Medicine Service, Hospital General Univesitario of Elche, Elche, Spain
- Public Health Center, Elche, Spain
Citation style for this article: Delgado de los Reyes JA, Arencibia Jim?nez M, Navarro Gracia JF, Alonso Echabe E, Garc?a Puente P, Banqueri Guerrero EM, P?rez Torregrosa G, Calle Barreto JD, Zurriaga Carda R. Ongoing measles outbreak in Elche, Spain, 29 January to 9 March 2012. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(11)
ii=20119. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20119 Date of submission: 29 February 2012 <HR>On 29 January 2012, the first case of measles in Elche, Spain, since 2001 was notified through the epidemiological surveillance system of the Valencian Community. As of 9 March, 109 cases have been notified. The outbreak started in a neighbourhood where the vaccination coverage of the population is inadequate. This report highlights the need to vaccinate the susceptible population and also points to the importance of developing coordinated measures between public health centres and hospital preventive services.