Efforts at rubella elimination in the United States: The impact of hemispheric rubella control

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2006, Pages

  Dayan, Gustavo H ^a   Castillo Solórzano, Carlos ^b   Nava, Margarita ^c   Hersh, Bradley S ^d   Andrus, Jon ^b   Rodríguez, Romeo ^c   Reef, Susan E ^a  

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

^b PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^c National Center for the Health of Infants and Adolescents   (Mexico)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; RUBELLA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; MEXICO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUBELLA; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; MEXICO; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; RUBELLA; RUBELLA VACCINE; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 33750344174     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/505949     Document Type: Article

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