No measles in Finland

Lancet

Volumn 350, Issue 9088, 1997, Pages 1364-1365

  Peltola, Heikki ^a   Davidkin, Irja ^b   Valle, Martti ^b   Paunio, Mikko ^b   Hovi, Japan ^b   Heinonen, Olli P ^b   Leinikki, Pauli ^b  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FINLAND; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINATION;

EID: 0031573173     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)65134-3     Document Type: Article

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2. Quadros CA de, Olivé J, Hersh BS, et al. Measles elimination in the Americas: evolving strategies. JAMA 1996; 275: 224-29.
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4. WHO. Expanded programme on immunization (EPI). Measles and the interruption of indigenous transmission, 1996. Wkly Epidemiol Rep 1997; 72: 181-84.
5. Paunio M, Peltola H, Valle M, Virtanen M, Cantell K, Heinonen OP. Two vaccine doses more protective than one dose against epidemic measles. 36th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, New Orleans, Sept 15-18, 1996: H62 (abstr).