Epidemiology of transmissible diseases after elimination

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 151, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1039-1048

  De Serres, Gaston ^c   Gay, Nigel J ^a   Farrington, C Paddy ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Public Health Research Unit   (Canada)

Author keywords

Communicable disease control methods; Communicable diseases transmission; Disease outbreaks prevention and control; Epidemiologic methods; Immunity; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; VACCINATION;

ARTICLE; CANADA; EPIDEMIC; ERADICATION THERAPY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MEASLES; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 0034210558     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a010145     Document Type: Article

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