Assessment of the Status of Measles Elimination from Reported Outbreaks: United States, 1997-1999

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 189, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages

  Gay, Nigel J ^a   De Serres, Gaston ^c   Farrington, C Paddy ^b   Redd, Susan B ^d   Papania, Mark J ^d  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MEASLES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 2442561580     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/377695     Document Type: Article

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