Measles exportation from Japan to the United States, 1994 to 2006

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 82-86

  Takahashi, Hiroshi ^a   Saito, Hiroshi ^a  

^a Nagano Prefectural Suzaka Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; MORBIDITY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40849083766     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2008.00183.x     Document Type: Article

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