Evaluating measles surveillance using laboratory-discarded notifications of measles-like illness during elimination

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 135, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1363-1368

  Wang, Y H Julie ^a,b,e   Andrews, R M ^c   Kelly, H ^d   Lambert, S B ^a,c  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b Australian Government Department of Human Services   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

^e MACFARLANE BURNET INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES; NEWBORN; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; STATISTICS;

DISEASE NOTIFICATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MEASLES; VICTORIA;

EID: 38449092652     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026880700828X     Document Type: Article

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