Measles transmission by 'fly-in fly-out' workers in Australia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 423-426

  Burgess, Christopher P ^a,b   Markey, Peter ^a   Skov, Steven ^a   Dowse, Gary ^c  

^a Centre for Disease Control   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

measles; occupational health; outbreak investigation

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OUTBREAK INVESTIGATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TRAVEL; TRANSMISSION;

MEASLES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OUTBREAK INVESTIGATION;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; MEASLES VIRUS; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TRAVEL;

EID: 84885458014     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12100     Document Type: Article

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