The high morbidity associated with a measles outbreak in a West Australian town

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 382-385

  Jeremijenko, A M ^a   Kelly, H ^b   Patel, M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

^c Public Health Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Measles; Morbidity; Outbreak investigation; Vaccine effectiveness

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MEASLES VACCINE; METOCLOPRAMIDE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; MEASLES; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINATION;

EID: 0029969765     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1996.tb00934.x     Document Type: Article

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