Epidemiological investigation of a measles outbreak in a preschool in Incheon, Korea, 2006

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 153-158

  So, Jae Sung ^a   Go, Un Yeong ^a   Lee, Dong Han ^a   Park, Koang Suk ^b   Lee, Jong Koo ^c  

^a Division of Vaccine Preventable Disease Control and National Immunization Program   (South Korea)

^b Division of Infectious Disease Surveillance   (South Korea)

^c Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Measles; Outbreak; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; KOREA; MEASLES; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; VIROLOGY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; KOREA; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 52649085881     PISSN: 19758375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3961/jpmph.2008.41.3.153     Document Type: Article

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