The measles laboratory network in the region of the Americas

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 187, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Venczel, Linda ^a,g   Rota, Jennifer ^b   Dietz, Vance ^a   Morris Glasgow, Victoria ^c   Siqueira, Marilda ^d   Quirogz, Evelia ^e   Rey, Gloria ^f   De Quadros, Ciro ^a  

^a PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Caribbean Epidemiology Centre   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^e Gorgas Mem Inst for Health Studies   (Panama)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^g OPS OMS   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ERADICATION THERAPY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MEASLES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; RUBELLA; SEROLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AMERICAS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RUBELLA; RUBELLA VIRUS;

EID: 0037566589     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/368033     Document Type: Review

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