Recent increases in mumps incidence in Australia: The "forgotten" age group in the 1998 Australian Measles Control Campaign

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 190, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 283-284

  Ferson, Mark J ^a,b   Konecny, Pam ^b,c  

^a Bondi Junction Community Health Centre   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; LETTER; MUMPS; ONSET AGE; ORCHITIS; PAROTITIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCROTAL PAIN; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 63049116336     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02400.x     Document Type: Letter

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