Laboratory confirmation of measles in elimination settings: Experience from the Republic of the Marshall Islands, 2003

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 93-98

  Hyde, Terri B ^a   Nandy, Robin ^a   Hickman, Carole J ^a   Langidrik, Justina R ^b   Strebel, Peter M ^a   Papania, Mark J ^a   Seward, Jane F ^a   Bellini, William J ^a  

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

^b Ministry of Health Marshall Islands   (Marshall Islands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MEASLES VACCINE;

IMMUNIZATION; LABORATORY METHOD; MEASLES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME; SERUM; VACCINATION;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; COUGHING; EPIDEMIC; EXPERIENCE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; LABORATORY TEST; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MEASLES; MEASLES LIKE RASH; MEASLES VACCINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS ISOLATION; WILD TYPE;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; MICRONESIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 61449248217     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.07.045484     Document Type: Article

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