The role of air travel in the spread of mumps

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1237-

  Marienau, Karen J ^a   Averhoff, Francisco ^a   Redd, Susan ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR PREPAREDNESS DETECTION AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; LETTER; MUMPS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VIRUS STRAIN;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MUMPS; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 53349101830     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/592355     Document Type: Letter

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