Measles in Thai adults: Three case reports and management of contact cases

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 805-808

  Pancharoen, Chitsanu ^a   Wachirarojpaisan, Saowapa ^a   Pattamadilok, Sirima ^b   Likitnukul, Sasithorn ^a   Thisyakorn, Usa ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE; RUBELLA ANTIBODIES; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTACT EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MEASLES; MEDICAL STUDENT; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; THAILAND;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CONTACT TRACING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; NURSES; PATIENT ISOLATION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; THAILAND;

EID: 0035748798     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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