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Measles outbreak in a Roma community in the Eastern region of Slovakia, May to October 2018

Slovenian Journal of Public Health
Volume 59 (2020): Issue 4 (December 2020)
By: Henrieta Hudečková,  Janka Stašková,  Ján Mikas,  Adriana Mečochová,  Edita Staroňová,  Alexandra Polčičová,  Tibor Baška,  Martin Novák,  Nora Malinovská,  Jana Zibolenová,  Viera Švihrová,  Elena Nováková and  Mária Štefkovičová  
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjph-2020-0028 | Journal eISSN: 1854-2476 | Journal ISSN: 0351-0026
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Language: English
Page range: 219 - 226
Submitted on: Feb 13, 2020
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Accepted on: Sep 10, 2020
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Published on: Oct 18, 2020
Published by: National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
measles,
Roma, outbreak,
vaccination coverage
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Hygiene and environmental medicine

© 2020 Henrieta Hudečková, Janka Stašková, Ján Mikas, Adriana Mečochová, Edita Staroňová, Alexandra Polčičová, Tibor Baška, Martin Novák, Nora Malinovská, Jana Zibolenová, Viera Švihrová, Elena Nováková, Mária Štefkovičová, published by National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia
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