A campaign to increase the vaccination rate in a highly endemic tick-borne encephalitis region of Slovenia

Vaccine

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 732-734

  Košnik, Irena Grmek ^a   Lah, Andreja Krt ^a  

^a Institute of Public Health Kranj   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Gorenjska, Slovenia; Reported incidence rates; Surveillance; Tick borne encephalitis (TBE); Vaccination campaign

Indexed keywords

TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOVENIA; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SLOVENIA; VACCINATION; VIRAL VACCINES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872594711     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.12.005     Document Type: Article

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