Use of rubella seroepidemiological data for assessment of previous vaccination policy and for decision making in response to epidemics in Israel

Vaccine

Volumn 24, Issue 27-28, 2006, Pages 5604-5608

  Cohen, D ^a,b   Muhsen, Kh ^a   Aboudy, Y ^b   Harari, H ^b   Mendelson, E ^b   Green, M S ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Outbreaks; Rubella antibodies; Sero prevalence studies

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; RUBELLA ANTIBODY; RUBELLA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUBELLA; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUBELLA; RUBELLA VACCINE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; VACCINATION;

EID: 33744979784     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2006.04.024     Document Type: Article

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