An outbreak of measles in Saitama City in 2007. What is the vaccination strategy to eliminate measles in Japan?

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 291-295

  Kaetsu, Akihiko ^a   Miyazaki, Motonobu ^b   Imatoh, Takuya ^c   Matsumoto, Erika ^b   Sakamoto, Yukiko ^b   Takano, Mariko ^b   Une, Hiroshi ^c  

^a Saitama City Government   (Japan)

^b National Institute of Health Sciences   (Japan)

^c FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japan; Measles; Outbreak; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; MEASLES RUBELLA VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; MUMPS; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; RUBELLA; VACCINATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 50049126774     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-008-0621-4     Document Type: Article

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