2017 measles outbreak in the European region: An urgent public health alert

Authors

  • Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava Department of Community Medicine, Shri Sathya Sai Medical College and Research Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava Department of Community Medicine, Shri Sathya Sai Medical College and Research Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Jegadeesh Ramasamy Department of Community Medicine, Shri Sathya Sai Medical College and Research Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

References

World Health Organization. Measles - Fact Sheet No. 286; 2017. Available from: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs286/en/. [Last accessed on 2017 Mar 27].

Shrivastava SR, Shrivastava PS, Ramasamy J. The 2015 measles outbreak in America: Identified shortcomings and recommendations to the health authorities. Ann Afr Med 2016;15:42-3.

Shrivastava SR, Shrivastava PS, Jegadeesh R. Legacy of Ebola outbreak: Potential risk of measles outbreak in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. J Res Med Sci 2015;20:529-30.

World Health Organization. Measles Outbreaks across Europe Threaten Progress towards Elimination; 2017. Available from: http://www.euro.who.int/en/media-centre/sections/press-releases/2017/measles-outbreaks-across-europe-threaten-progress-towards-elimination. [Last accessed on 2017 Mar 28].

Shrivastava SR, Shrivastava PS, Ramasamy J. Enormous need to improve the global measles vaccination coverage: World Health Organization. MAMC J Med Sci 2016;2:109-10.

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2017-09-28

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Shrivastava SR, Shrivastava PS, Ramasamy J. 2017 measles outbreak in the European region: An urgent public health alert. Community Acquir Infect. 2017;4. Accessed May 3, 2025. https://www.hksmp.com/journals/cai/article/view/223

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