Local public health response to vaccine-associated measles: Case report

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Hau, Monica ^a,b   Schwartz, Kevin L ^c,d   Frenette, Crystal ^a   Mogck, Isabelle ^a   Gubbay, Jonathan B ^c,d,e   Severini, Alberto ^f,g   Hiebert, Joanne ^f   Deeks, Shelley L ^b,e   Morris, Shaun K ^c,d  

^a Peel Public Health   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^f PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

(3 10): measles; Adverse event; Contact tracing; Immunization; Vaccine associated; Vaccine strain

Indexed keywords

LIVE VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CASE REPORT; CONTACT EXAMINATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; MALE; MEASLES; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT TRACING; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA VACCINE; ONTARIO; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; VACCINES, ATTENUATED;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875330885     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-269     Document Type: Article

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