Reemergence of measles in South Korea: Implications for immunization and surveillance programs

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 6-10

  Park, Young Joon ^a   Eom, Hye Suk ^a   Kim, Eun Seong ^a   Choe, Young June ^a   Bae, Geun Ryang ^a   Lee, Duk Hyoung ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE; LIVE VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES REEMERGENCE; MEASLES VACCINATION; MEASLES VIRUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH KOREA; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADOLESCENT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; GENETICS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; MEASLES VIRUS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; VACCINES, ATTENUATED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874761438     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 18842836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7883/yoken.66.6     Document Type: Article

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