Measles transmission from an anthroposophic community to the general population, Germany 2008

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Wadl, Maria ^a   Siedler, Anette ^a   Krämer, Wolfgang ^b   Haindl, Maria E ^b   Gebrande, Stephan ^c   Krenn Lanzl, Irene ^b   Mankertz, Annette ^a   Hautmann, Wolfgang ^d  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b Local Health Authority   (Germany)

^c Local Health Authority   (Germany)

^d Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RUBELLA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RUBELLA VACCINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960112502     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-474     Document Type: Article

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