Measles outbreak in a migrant population [1]

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 893-894

  Ratho, R K ^a   Mishra, Baijayantimala ^a   Singh, Tarundeep ^a   Rao, Pooja ^a   Kumar, Rajesh ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MEASLES VACCINE;

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INDIA; LETTER; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RASH;

EID: 27844606999     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: 00195456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02731127     Document Type: Letter

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