Measles Outbreak in an Orphanage, Bangkok, Thailand, September-October 2000

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 653-657

  Lertpiriyasuwat, Cheewanan ^a   Deeying, Jaded ^a   Thepsoontorn, Suwanna ^a   Kanlayanpotporn, Jirapat ^a   Kijphati, Rungrueng ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Immunization; Measles; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES; ORPHANAGE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; THAILAND;

COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; ORPHANAGES; THAILAND;

EID: 0346346477     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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