Two doses of measles vaccine: Are some states in India ready for It?

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 253-256

  John, Sushil ^a   Sanghi, Savita ^a   Prasad, Suranjan ^a   Bose, Anuradha ^a   George, Kuryan ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MEASLES VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES; MORTALITY; OTITIS MEDIA; PNEUMONIA; SEROLOGY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70349448220     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmn079     Document Type: Article

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