Progress in measles and rubella elimination in Iran

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1137-1141

  Esteghamati, Abdoulreza ^a   Gouya, Mohammad Mehdi ^a   Zahraei, Seyed Mohsen ^a   Dadras, Mohammad Nasr ^a   Rashidi, Armin ^a,b   Mahoney, Frank ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Measles elimination; Rubella; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

MEASLES RUBELLA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUBELLA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 36549041540     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181462090     Document Type: Article

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