The epidemiological profile of rubella and congenital rubella syndrome in the United States, 1998-2004: The evidence for absence of endemic transmission

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2006, Pages

  Reef, Susan E ^a,b   Redd, Susan B ^a   Abernathy, Emily ^a   Zimmerman, Laura ^a   Icenogle, Joseph P ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGENITAL RUBELLA SYNDROME; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RUBELLA; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUBELLA; RUBELLA SYNDROME, CONGENITAL; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750379790     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/505944     Document Type: Article

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