Outbreak of measles in the Republic of Korea, 2007: Importance of nosocomial transmission

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 204, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Choi, Won Suk ^a   Sniadack, David H ^b   Jee, Youngmee ^b   Go, Un Yeong ^b   So, Jae Sung ^c   Cho, Heeyeon ^d   Bae, Geun Ryang ^d   Lee, Dong Han ^e   Kim, Kisoon ^f   Yoon, Hee Sook ^f   Chung, Yoon Seok ^g   Kang, Chun ^g   Park, Hyekyung ^h   Park, Ok ⁱ   Lee, Jong Koo ⁱ  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c Jungnangu Public Health Center   (South Korea)

^d Division of Vaccine Preventable Disease Control and National Immunization Program   (Poland)

^e Division of Public Health Crisis Response   (South Korea)

^f Division of Respiratory Viruses   (South Korea)

^g Division of Influenza Viruses   (South Korea)

^h Division of Biobank for Health Sciences   (South Korea)

ⁱ Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MEASLES VACCINE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SOUTH KOREA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; MEASLES VIRUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; TIME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; MEASLES VIRUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79960878241     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jir087     Document Type: Article

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