Multistate measles outbreak associated with an international youth sporting event - Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Texas, August-September 2007

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 169-173

  Hunt, E ^a   Lurie, P ^a   Lute, J ^a   Moll, M ^a   Stafford, H ^a   Bart, J ^a   Gray, A ^a   Urdaneta, V ^a   Ostroff, S ^a   Blostein, J ^b   Potter, R ^b   Wells, E ^b   Kilborn, C ^c   Martinez, D ^c   Lowrey, M ^c   Espinoza, R ^d   Ferraro, A ^c,e   Kutty, P ^f   Barskey, A ^f   Payne, D ^f   Redd, S ^f   Lowe, L ^f   Rota, J ^f   Bellini, W ^f   Rota, P ^f   Seward, J ^f   Thorley, M ^g   Reef, S ^g   Kim, C ^h   Sinclair, J ^h   Dykewicz, C ^h   Averhoff, F ^h   Chen, T ^c   Nguyen, M ^c   more..

^a PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

^c Harris County Public Health and Environmental Svcs ^*

^d Texas Dept of State Health Svcs   (United States)

^e Texas Dept of State Health Svcs ^*

^f Div of Viral Diseases   (United States)

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

^h Div of Global Migration and Quarantine

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SPORT; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; SPORTS; TEXAS; TRAVEL;

EID: 40649114524     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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