Measles outbreak in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, 2003

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 299-306

  Hyde, Terri B ^a,b   Dayan, Gustavo H ^a   Langidrik, Justina R ^c   Nandy, Robin ^d   Edwards, Russell ^b   Briand, Kennar ^c   Konelios, Mailynn ^c   Marin, Mona ^a,d   Nguyen, Huong Q ^a   Khalifah, Anthony P ^d   O'Leary, Michael J ^d   Williams, Nobia J ^b   Bellini, William J ^d   Bi, Daoling ^a   Brown, Cedric J ^a   Seward, Jane F ^a   Papania, Mark J ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c Ministry of Health Marshall Islands   (Marshall Islands)

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

Author keywords

Measles; Measles vaccine; MMR; Vaccination campaign

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE;

DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MEASLES; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMON COLD; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARSHALL ISLANDS; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, HERD; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; MIDDLE AGED; PACIFIC ISLANDS; SCHOOLS; TRANSPORTATION; VACCINATION;

MARSHALL ISLANDS; MICRONESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

MEASLES VIRUS;

EID: 33645834313     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyi222     Document Type: Article

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