An Outbreak of Measles in Iraq | ||
| Al- Anbar Medical Journal | ||
| Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 06 April 2024 PDF (271.06 K) | ||
| Document Type: Editorial article | ||
| DOI: 10.33091/amj.2024.147424.1610 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Raid M. Al-Ani* 1; Sahar Abdul-Rasool2 | ||
| 1Department of Surgery/Otolaryngology, College of Medicine, University of Anbar, Anbar, Iraq. | ||
| 2Department of Medical Biosciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Outbreak; Measles; Iraq | ||
| References | ||
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