Implications of a 2005 measles outbreak in Indiana for sustained elimination of measles in the United States

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 355, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 447-455

  Parker, Amy A ^a,b   Staggs, Wayne ^c   Dayan, Gustavo H ^b   Ortega Sánchez, Ismael R ^b   Rota, Paul A ^b   Lowe, Luis ^a,b   Boardman, Patricia ^d   Teclaw, R N Robert ^c   Graves, Charlene ^c   LeBaron, Charles W ^b  

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

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^c INDIANA STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d St Elizabeth Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; OTITIS MEDIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INDIANA; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746768834     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa060775     Document Type: Article

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