Measles among adults associated with adoption of children in China - California, Missouri, and Washington, July-August 2006

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 144-146

  Woodfill, C ^a   Franklin, P ^b   Khan, F ^b   Turabelidze, G ^b   Zhu, B ^b   Maurer, D ^c   Schlesinger, H ^c   Debolt, C ^d   Hofmann, J ^d   Averhoff, F ^e   Marienau, K ^e   Dayan, G ^f   Bensyl, D ^g   Weiser, T ^h   Gulati, R ^h  

^a California Department of Health   (United States)

^b MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

^c MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e Div of Global Migration and Quarantine

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

^g Office of Workforce and Career Development   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHINA; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEASLES; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOPTION; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CHINA; CONTACT TRACING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEASLES; MISSOURI; TRAVEL; WASHINGTON;

EID: 33847293892     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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