Trends in importation of measles to the United States, 1986-1994

JAMA

Volumn 277, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 1952-1956

  Vitek, Charles R ^a   Redd, Stephen C ^a   Redd, Susan B ^a   Hadler, Stephen C ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; IMMUNITY; INFECTION CONTROL; MEASLES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030952851     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.277.24.1952     Document Type: Article

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