Direct costs of a single case of refugee-imported measles in Kentucky

Vaccine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 317-321

  Coleman, Margaret S ^a   Garbat Welch, Luta ^b   Burke, Heather ^a   Weinberg, Michelle ^a   Humbaugh, Kraig ^c   Tindall, Alicia ^c   Cambron, Janie ^d  

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

^b Kentucky Office for Refugees   (United States)

^c Epidemiology and Health Planning   (United States)

^d Green River District Health Department Kentucky   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact tracing; Cost; Measles; Refugees

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES; MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFUGEE; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT; KENTUCKY; MEASLES; REFUGEES;

EID: 84355162778     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.10.091     Document Type: Article

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