Has the United States population been adequately vaccinated to achieve rubella elimination?

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2006, Pages

  Bloom, Sharon ^a,c   Smith, Phil ^b   Stanwyck, Carol ^b   Stokley, Shannon ^b  

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

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

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; RUBELLA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUBELLA; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; VIRUS IMMUNITY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; RUBELLA; RUBELLA VACCINE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 33750301962     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/505946     Document Type: Article

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