Letter to the editor: Occurrence of modified measles during outbreak in Taiwan in 2018

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Letter to the editor: Occurrence of modified measles during outbreak in Taiwan in 2018
Chih-Jung Chen^1,2 , Tzou-Yien Lin^1,2 , Yhu-Chering Huang^1,2
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Affiliations: ¹ Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan ² School of medicine, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

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Chih-Jung Chen
chinjung adm.cgmh.org.tw
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Citation style for this article: Chen Chih-Jung, Lin Tzou-Yien, Huang Yhu-Chering. Letter to the editor: Occurrence of modified measles during outbreak in Taiwan in 2018. Euro Surveill. 2018;23(37):pii=1800485. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.37.1800485 Received: 02 Sept 2018; Accepted: 13 Sept 2018

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