Evaluation of an expanded case definition for vaccine-modified measles in a school outbreak in South Korea in 2010

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 371-375

  Choe, Young June ^a   Hu, Jae Kyung ^b   Song, Kyung Min ^a   Cho, Heeyeon ^a   Yoon, Hee Sook ^a   Kim, Seung Tae ^a   Lee, Han Jung ^b   Kim, Kisoon ^a   Bae, Geun Ryang ^a   Lee, Jong Koo ^a  

^a Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

^b Health Social Bureau   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COMMON COLD; CONJUNCTIVITIS; COUGHING; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RASH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH KOREA; VACCINE MODIFIED MEASLES;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; MORBILLIVIRUS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SCHOOLS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84869825417     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 18842836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7883/yoken.65.371     Document Type: Article

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