| syndrome surveillance and molecular epidemiology for early detection and tracing of an outbreak of measles in liguria, italy. | the performances of surveillance systems for measles in europe are poorly investigated, despite the fundamental role they should play in the early detection of outbreaks and in the assessment of the progress towards elimination. a new chief complaint syndrome surveillance system has been developed in genoa, italy, using data from the emergency department records of the regional reference university hospital and its ability to early detect an outbreak of measles that began during the winter month ... | 2009 | 19697412 |