Varicella outbreak in a village in Uruguay;Estudio de un brote de varicela en un pueblo del Uruguay

Revista Chilena de Infectologia

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-51

  Quian R , Jorge ^a   Protasio P , Alejandra ^a   Dall'Orso V , Patricia ^a   Mas G , Mariana ^a   Romero O , Claudia ^a   Ferreira J , Nelson ^b   Coria R , Isabel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URUGUAY   (Uruguay)

^b Ministerio de Salud Pública del Uruguay   (Uruguay)

^c Ministerio de Salud Pública del Uruguay   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Outbreak; Vaccine; Varicella

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; URUGUAY;

ADOLESCENT; CHICKENPOX; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URUGUAY;

EID: 77953061314     PISSN: 07161018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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