Negative impacts of large population size and high population density on the progress of measles elimination

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 450-454

  Yoshikura, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; JAPAN; MEASLES; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE; VACCINATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

DISEASE ERADICATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MASS VACCINATION; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 84869839833     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 18842836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7883/yoken.65.450     Document Type: Article

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