Sentinel Surveillance for Yellow Fever in Kenya, 1993 to 1995

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 236-238

  Sanders, Eduard J ^a   Borus, Peter ^a   Ademba, George ^a   Kuria, Grace ^a   Tukei, Peter M ^a   LeDuc, James W ^b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YELLOW FEVER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; YELLOW FEVER;

EID: 0030185531     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0203.960314     Document Type: Article

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