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Nosocomial transmission of measles among healthcare workers, Bulgaria, 2010.

R Komitova1, A Kunchev, Z Mihneva, L Marinova.   

Abstract

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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Year:  2011        PMID: 21507322

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Euro Surveill        ISSN: 1025-496X


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