Incremental effectiveness of 2 doses of measles-containing vaccine compared with 1 dose among high school students during an outbreak

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 189, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages

  Lynn, Tracey V ^a,b,d   Beller, Michael ^a   Funk, Elizabeth A ^a   Middaugh, John P ^a   Ritter, Donald ^b   Rota, Paul A ^c   Bellini, William J ^c   Török, Thomas J ^b  

^a Alaska Division of Public Health   (United States)

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

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d Alaska Section Epidemiology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 2442431649     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/377699     Document Type: Article

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