Progress Toward Elimination of Measles from the Americas

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 189-193

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MEASLES VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CANADA; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASES; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEASLES; MEASLES--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; ORGANIZATION; PAHO; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROGRESS REPORT; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; UN; UNITED STATES; VIRAL DISEASES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AMERICAS; BRAZIL; CANADA; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EPIDEMICS; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; LATIN AMERICA; MEASLES--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; MEASUREMENT; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; ORGANIZATIONS; PAHO; PREVALENCE; PROGRESS REPORT; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SOUTH AMERICA; UN; UNITED STATES; VIRAL DISEASES; WHO;

AMERICAS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0032549207     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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