Hospital-associated measles outbreak-Pennsylvania, March-April 2009

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 30-32

  Green, Michael ^a   Levin, James ^a   Michaels, Marian ^a   Vasbinder, Sheila ^a   Voorhees, Ronald ^b   Lute, James ^c   Dato, Virginia ^c   Lurie, Perrianne ^c   Urdaneta, Veronica ^c   Armstrong, Gregory ^d   Wallace, Gregory ^d   Bellini, William ^d   Kutty, Preeta ^d   Rota, Paul ^d   Rota, Jennifer ^d   Lowe, Luis ^d   Stockman, Lauren ^d   Lando, James ^b   Han, George ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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

^c PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MEASLES VACCINE;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES; MEDICAL RECORD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INDIA; INFANT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PENNSYLVANIA; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; TRAVEL;

EID: 84856409908     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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