The potential for measles transmission in England

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Choi, Yoon Hong ^a   Gay, Nigel ^a   Fraser, Graham ^a   Ramsay, Mary ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNITED KINGDOM; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA VACCINE; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 53649089884     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-338     Document Type: Article

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