Dynamics and control of measles in Portugal: Accessing the impact of anticipating the age for the first dose of MMR from 15 to 12 months of age

The all-time low incidence of measles in Portugal in the recent years, raises questions regarding whether the disease has been eliminated, the role of recent control measures, and the epidemiological consequences of the rise in the proportion of newborns to vaccinated mothers, as opposed to those bo...

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Main Author: Paulo, A. C. (author)
Other Authors: Gomes, M. C. (author), Gomes, M. G. M. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.7/42
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:arca.igc.gulbenkian.pt:10400.7/42