Elimination of endemic measles transmission in Australia

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 64-71

  Heywood, Anita E ^a   Gidding, Heather F ^b   Riddell, Michaela A ^c   Mclntyre, Peter B ^a   Maclntyre, C Raina ^a   Kelly, Heath A ^c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH POLICY; MEASLES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AUSTRALIA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE REGISTRY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HERD IMMUNITY; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; MEASLES; REVIEW; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; MEASLES VIRUS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 61449243712     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.07.046375     Document Type: Review

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