Re-emergence of another vaccine-preventable disease?-Two cases of rubella in older adults

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 98-100

  Louie, Janice K ^a   Shaikh Laskos, Rina ^a   Preas, Christopher ^a   Nguyen, Vi T ^b   Peters, Anne ^c   Messenger, Sharon ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Los Angeles County Department of Public Health   (United States)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Febrile rash; Measles; Rubella

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JOINT EFFUSION; MYALGIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RESERVOIR; RUBELLA; TRAVEL;

ADULT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; RUBELLA; RUBELLA VACCINE; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 67949097258     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2009.06.013     Document Type: Article

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