Mass measles immunization campaign: Experience in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 585-591

  Chuang, Shuk Kwan ^a,b,c,d,e   Lau, Yu Lung ^b   Lim, Wei Ling ^c   Chow, Chun Bong ^d   Tsang, Thomas ^d,e   Tse, Lai Yin ^d,e  

^a HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China   (China)

^d PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^e NONE   (China)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Child; Child, Preschool; Disease outbreaks prevention and control; Immunization programs; Measles mumps rubella vaccine administration and dosage adverse effects; Measles pidemiology prevention and control; Seroepidemiologic studies

Indexed keywords

MEASLES ANTIBODY; MEASLES VACCINE;

HEALTH CARE; IMMUNIZATION; MEASLES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH PROGRAM; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MIGRATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; STATISTICS;

CHINA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HONG KONG; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SEASONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0036313058     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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