Health care-associated measles outbreak in the United States after an importation: Challenges and economic impact

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 203, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1517-1525

  Chen, Sanny Y ^a,b   Anderson, Shoana ^b   Kutty, Preeta K ^a   Lugo, Francelli ^c   McDonald, Michelle ^c   Rota, Paul A ^a   Ortega Sanchez, Ismael R ^a   Komatsu, Ken ^b   Armstrong, Gregory L ^a   Sunenshine, Rebecca ^a,b   Seward, Jane F ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Bureau of Epidemiology and Disease Control   (United States)

^c Division of Disease Control and Prevention   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MEASLES ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEASLES; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ARIZONA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES; MIDDLE AGED; SWITZERLAND; TRAVEL;

EID: 79956224956     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jir115     Document Type: Article

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