Strengthening surveillance: Confronting infectious diseases in developing countries

Vaccine

Volumn 29, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2011, Pages

  Andrus, Jon Kim ^a   Solorzano, Carlos Castillo ^a   de Oliveira, Lucia ^a   Danovaro Holliday, M Carolina ^a   de Quadros, Ciro A ^b  

^a PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^b SABIN VACCINE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Surveillance; Surveillance in developing countries

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84859516430     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.06.023     Document Type: Article

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