Outbreak of measles - San Diego, California, January-February 2008

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 203-206

  Hassidim, A ^a   Waters Montijo, K ^a   Wooten, W ^a   Sawyer, M ^a   Sidelinger, D ^a   Harriman, K ^b   Backer, H ^b   Effler, P ^c   Nakata, Michele ^c   Srinivasan, A ^d   Bell, M ^d   Kutty, P ^e   Redd, S ^e   Goldstein, S ^e   Seward, J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

^b Division of Communicable Disease Control   (United States)

^c HAWAII STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES; SCHOOLS; TRAVEL;

EID: 40649119462     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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