Integrating measles and rubella surveillance: The experience in the Caribbean

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 187, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Irons, Beryl ^a,b   Carrasco, Peter ^b   Morris Glasgow, Victoria ^a   Castillo Solórzano, Carlos ^b   De Quadros, Ciro A ^b  

^a Caribbean Epidemiology Centre   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; ERADICATION THERAPY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY TEST; MEASLES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUBELLA;

CARIBBEAN REGION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MEASLES; PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RUBELLA;

EID: 0037566579     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/368031     Document Type: Article

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