Rubella elimination programme strengthened through measles elimination programme in Catalonia

Vaccine

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1433-1437

  Domínguez, Àngela ^a,b,d   Torner, Nuria ^a   Martínez, Ana ^a   Costa, Josep ^c   Plans, Pere ^a   Ciruela, Pilar ^a   Salleras, Lluís ^b  

^a Direccio General de Salut Publica Health   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^d AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Elimination; MMR immunization; Rubella

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGENITAL RUBELLA SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MEASLES; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUBELLA; SCREENING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA VACCINE; MIDDLE AGED; RUBELLA; SPAIN;

EID: 32344453444     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2005.08.106     Document Type: Article

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