The evidence for the elimination of rubella and congenital rubella syndrome in the United States: A public health achievement

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2006, Pages

  Reef, Susan E ^a   Cochi, Stephen L ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; RUBELLA VACCINE;

CONGENITAL RUBELLA SYNDROME; EDITORIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUBELLA; VACCINATION;

HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA VACCINE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; RUBELLA; RUBELLA SYNDROME, CONGENITAL; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 33750350839     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/505943     Document Type: Editorial

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