A measles outbreak in Croatia, 2008.
We report an outbreak of measles in Croatia, involving 49 cases with onset of symptoms between end of April and June 2008. Cases occurred in Zagreb and Slavonski Brod but investigations indicated a common epidemiological link between these two geographically separate regions.
Kaic
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B
Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Croatian Institute of Public Health, Zagreb, Croatia. bernard.kaic@hzjz.hr
Gjenero-Margan
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I
Kurecic-Filipovic
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S
Muscat
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M
D017523:Croatia / Q000453:epidemiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008457:Measles / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011159:Population Surveillance; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors