Measles risk groups in Spain: Implications for the European measles-elimination target

Vaccine

Volumn 27, Issue 30, 2009, Pages 3927-3934

  Peña Rey, Isabel ^a,c   Martínez de Aragón, Victoria ^a,c   Mosquera, Mar ^b,c   de Ory, Fernando ^b,c   Echevarría, Juan Emilio ^b,c  

^a CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

Measles; Risk groups; Spain

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE;

HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; MEASLES VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPAIN; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AGE FACTORS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MEASLES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPAIN;

EID: 67349261067     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.04.024     Document Type: Review

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