Assessing the efficacy of a mixed vaccination strategy against rubella in São Paulo, Brazil

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 842-850

  Massad, E ^a   Azevedo neto, R S ^a   Burattini, M N ^a,b   Zanetta, D M T ^a   Coutinho, F A B ^a   Yang, H M ^a   Moraes, J C ^c,d   Pannuti, C S ^a   Souza, V A U F ^a   Silveira, A S B ^a   Struchiner, C J ^e   Oselka, G W ^a   Camargo, M C C ^d   Omoto, T M ^d   Passos, S D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Instituto de Fisica da Universidade de Sao Paulo ^*  (Brazil)

^d Secretaria de Estado da Saude de Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

^e INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Control strategies; CRS; Rubella; Seroepidemiology; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

RUBELLA; VACCINATION STRATEGY;

BRAZIL, SAO PAULO STATE;

MEASLES VACCINE; MUMPS VACCINE; RUBELLA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONGENITAL RUBELLA SYNDROME; DRUG EFFICACY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUBELLA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES VACCINE; MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA VACCINE; MUMPS VACCINE; PREVALENCE; RUBELLA SYNDROME, CONGENITAL; RUBELLA VACCINE; RUBELLA VIRUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VACCINATION; VACCINES, COMBINED;

EID: 0028991133     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/24.4.842     Document Type: Article

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