Control measures and the outcome of the measles epidemic of 1999 in the Eastern Highlands Province

Papua and New Guinea Medical Journal

Volumn , Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 91-97

  Mgone, Joyce M ^a   Mgone, Charles S ^a   Duke, Trevor ^a   Frank, Dale ^a   Yeka, William ^a  

^a Goroka Base Hospital   (Papua New Guinea)

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES; NEWBORN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEASLES; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; VACCINATION;

EID: 0034158154     PISSN: 00311480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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