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Reemergence of measles in Bulgaria: a large outbreak in Plovdiv, 2010
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Nikolay Todorov Vatev1, Mariana Vartigova Stoycheva2,
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Correspondence to: Mariana Vartigova Stoycheva Medical University Department of Infectious Diseases, Parasitology and Tropical Medicine Vassil Aprilov 15a, 4002 Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
, Andrey Ivanov Petrov1
1 Main Assistant Professors, Medical University Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2 Head of Department of Infectious Diseases, Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Medical University Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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