Developing rubella vaccination policy in Nepal - Results from rubella surveillance and seroprevalence and congenital rubella syndrome studies

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 204, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Upreti, Shyam Raj ^a   Thapa, Kusum ^b   Pradhan, Yasho Vardan ^a   Shakya, Geeta ^a   Sapkota, Yuddha Dhoj ^c   Anand, Abhijeet ^d   Taylor, Thomas ^d   Mach, Ondrej ^d   Reef, Susan ^d   Pattamadilok, Sirima ^e   Liyanage, Jayantha ^f   O'Connor, Patrick ^f   Sedai, Tika ^f   Bhandary, Sagar Ram ^f   Partridge, Jeffrey ^f   Schluter, William ^f  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND POPULATION   (Nepal)

^b Ministry of Health and Population   (Nepal)

^c Nepal Netra Jyoti Sangh   (Nepal)

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

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; RUBELLA ANTIBODY; RUBELLA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGENITAL RUBELLA SYNDROME; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; NEPAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROPREVALENCE; VACCINATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RUBELLA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; NEPAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RUBELLA; RUBELLA SYNDROME, CONGENITAL; RUBELLA VACCINE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960860542     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jir078     Document Type: Article

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