Large measles outbreak at a German public school, 2006

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 782-786

  Wichmann, Ole ^a   Hellenbrand, Wiebke ^a   Sagebiel, Daniel ^a   Santibanez, Sabine ^a   Ahlemeyer, Gabriele ^b   Vogt, Georg ^c   Siedler, Anette ^a   Van Treeck, Ulrich ^b  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b Institute of Public Health   (Germany)

^c Local Health Authority of Duisburg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germany; Measles; Outbreak; School; Vaccine effectiveness

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; MEDICAL RECORD; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GERMANY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; MEDICAL RECORDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACCINATION;

EID: 34548221542     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e318060aca1     Document Type: Article

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