Implementation and evaluation of a measles/rubella vaccination campaign in a campus university in the UK following an outbreak of rubella

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 157-164

  Stevenson, J ^a,e   Murdoch, G ^b   Riley, A ^c   Duncan, B ^c   Mcwhirter, M ^c   Christie, P ^d  

^a Argyll and Clyde Health Board ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS FORTH VALLEY   (United Kingdom)

^d Scottish Ctr Infect Environ Hlth

^e Dept Pub Hlth Med Argyll C   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; RUBELLA VACCINE;

ACCOMMODATION; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; MALE; RISK; RUBELLA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; RUBELLA; RUBELLA VACCINE; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 0031715780     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268898001071     Document Type: Article

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