Measles epidemic in Romania, 1996-1998: Assessment of vaccine effectiveness by case-control and cohort studies

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 150, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1250-1257

  Hennessey, Karen A ^a,b   Ion Nedelcu, Nicolae ^c   Craciun, Maria Dorina ^c   Toma, Flores ^c   Wattigney, Wendy ^a   Strebel, Peter M ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Ministry of Health   (Romania)

Author keywords

Disease outbreaks; Immunity; Immunization programs; Measles; Measles vaccine; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

EPIDEMIC; MEASLES; RISK FACTOR; VACCINATION;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; ROMANIA; SCHOOL CHILD; VACCINATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ROMANIA;

AGE FACTORS; BIOLOGY; CASE CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN EUROPE; EUROPE; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES; IMMUNIZATION; MEASLES--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTORS; ROMANIA; STUDIES; VACCINES; VIRAL DISEASES; YOUTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROMANIA; VACCINATION;

EID: 0033485908     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009952     Document Type: Article

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