Measles outbreak associated with an arriving refugee - Los Angeles County, California, August-September 2011

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 61, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 385-389

  Kodagoda, Dulmini ^a   El Amin, Alvin Nelson ^a   Nguyen, Vi ^a   Holguin, John ^b   Zipprich, Jennifer ^c   Harriman, Kathleen ^c   Winter, Kathleen ^c   Talarico, John ^c   Wadford, Debra ^c   Preas, Chris ^c   Mikosz, Christina ^d  

^a Los Angeles County Department of Public Health   (United States)

^b Long Beach Dept of Health and Human Svcs   (United States)

^c California Department of Public Health   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALAYSIA; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; MYANMAR; REFUGEE; TIME; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRCRAFT; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOS ANGELES; MALAYSIA; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; MEASLES; MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA VACCINE; MORBILLIVIRUS; MYANMAR; REFUGEES; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 84862148367     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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