Measles vaccine efficacy in India : A review

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 47-56

  Singh, Jagvir ^a   Datta, K K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INDIA; INFANT; MEASLES; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; STANDARD;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0031090017     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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