Varicella emergency vaccination seemed instrumental in declining chickenpox incidence in Guangzhou, Southern China

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 217-

  Li, Tiegang ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; RUBELLA VACCINE;

CHICKENPOX; CHINA; DRUG COST; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; VACCINATION;

CHICKENPOX; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; CHINA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; VACCINATION;

EID: 84878228294     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652013000300016     Document Type: Letter

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