Vaccination campaign at a temporary camp for victims of the earthquake in Lorca (Spain)

Vaccination campaign at a temporary camp for victims of the earthquake in Lorca (Spain)

Outbreaks in temporary camps are an important risk for the health of the displaced population. The town of Lorca (Murcia, Spain) suffered 2 earthquakes on May 2011 that required the re-housing of 1,424 victims in a temporary camp. Following 4 cases of chickenpox control measures were adopted among t...

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Main Authors: Jaime Jesús Pérez-Martín, Francisco José Romera Guirado, Yolanda Molina-Salas, Pedro José Bernal-González, José Antonio Navarro-Alonso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-07-01
Series:Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
Subjects:
chickenpox vaccine
earthquakes
mass vaccination
measles-mumps-rubella vaccine
natural disasters
outbreaks
public health
prevention and control
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2017.1296611

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