Interruption of indigenous measles transmission in Bolivia since October 2000

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 187, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Quiroga, Rosario ^a   Barrezueta, Oswaldo ^b   Venczel, Linda ^b   Halkyer, Percy ^b   Gil, Fernando ^b   Machicao, Eric ^b   Landaverde, Mauricio ^a   Quiñonez, Arturo ^b   Izurieta, Héctor ^a  

^a PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^b Pan American Health Organization ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; BOLIVIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; MEASLES VIRUS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 0038242145     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/368051     Document Type: Article

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