Too little, too late: Measles epidemic in South Africa

The Lancet

Volumn 376, Issue 9736, 2010, Pages 160-

  Siegfried, Nandi ^a   Wiysonge, Charles S ^b   Pienaar, David ^c  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c WESTERN CAPE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRATION; LETTER; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77955014356     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61100-2     Document Type: Letter

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