Measles epidemic in The Netherlands, 1999-2000

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 186, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1483-1486

  Van den Hof, Susan ^a   Conyn Van Spaendonck, Marina A E ^a   Van Steenbergen, Jim E ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b Natl Coord Ctr Communic Dis C   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PNEUMONIA; VACCINATION;

EID: 0037111074     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/344894     Document Type: Article

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