Measles outbreaks in a population with declining vaccine uptake

Science

Volumn 301, Issue 5634, 2003, Pages 804-

  Jansen, V A A ^a   Stollenwerk, N ^a   Jensen, H J ^b   Ramsay, M E ^c   Edmunds, W J ^c   Rhodes, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE;

DISEASE SPREAD; MEASLES; VACCINATION;

ARTICLE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENGLAND; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; MEASLES; MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA VACCINE; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; VACCINATION; WALES;

EID: 0041526787     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1086726     Document Type: Article

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7. V.A.A.J. and N.S. were supported by The Wellcome Trust (grant no. 063134).