Measles outbreak in Europe: Susceptibility of infants too young to be immunized

Vaccine

Volumn 30, Issue 41, 2012, Pages 5905-5913

  Leuridan, E ^a   Sabbe, M ^b   Van Damme, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Control strategy; Immunization; Infants; Measles

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE;

EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

COST OF ILLNESS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EUROPE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; INFANT; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; VACCINATION;

EID: 84865334484     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.07.035     Document Type: Review

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