Toward rubella elimination in Europe: An epidemiological assessment

Vaccine

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1999-2007

  Muscat, Mark ^a   Zimmerman, Laura ^b   Bacci, Sabrina ^a   Bang, Henrik ^a   Glismann, Steffen ^a   Mølbak, Kåre ^a,b   Reef, Susan ^b  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

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

Author keywords

Congenital rubella syndrome; Epidemiology; Europe; Rubella; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BULGARIA; CHILD; CONGENITAL RUBELLA SYNDROME; CROATIA; CYPRUS; CZECH REPUBLIC; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ESTONIA; FEMALE; FINLAND; GREECE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; ICELAND; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; IRELAND; ITALY; LATVIA; LITHUANIA; LUXEMBOURG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALTA; MANDATORY REPORTING; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; POLAND; PORTUGAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROMANIA; RUBELLA; SCHOOL CHILD; SLOVAKIA; SLOVENIA; SPAIN; SWEDEN; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNITED KINGDOM;

DISEASE ERADICATION; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; EUROPE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RUBELLA;

EID: 84857196290     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.12.016     Document Type: Article

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