Measles in a highly vaccinated society: The 2007-08 outbreak in Israel

Journal of Infection

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 252-258

  Anis, Emilia ^a,c   Grotto, Itamar ^a,b   Moerman, Larisa ^a   Warshavsky, Bruce ^a   Slater, Paul E ^a,c   Lev, Boaz ^a   Israeli, Avi ^a,c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Control measures; Measles outbreak; Sub groups; Vaccination coverage

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; ISRAEL; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; MEASLES VIRUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72149089869     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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