Where rubella is still a problem

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 575-576

  Plotkin, Stanley A ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital rubella syndrome; Rubella

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; RUBELLA VACCINE;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; CONGENITAL RUBELLA SYNDROME; COST; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EUROPE; FETUS DISEASE; HUMAN; NOTE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUBELLA; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; VIRUS CULTURE;

ADOLESCENT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; RUBELLA; RUBELLA SYNDROME, CONGENITAL; RUBELLA VACCINE; TURKEY; VACCINATION;

EID: 0032792140     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199907000-00002     Document Type: Note

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