The beginning of the end of measles and rubella

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 108-109

  Grabowsky, Mark ^a  

^a Office of the un Special Envoy for Malaria   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; MEASLES RUBELLA VACCINE;

CONGENITAL RUBELLA SYNDROME; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDITORIAL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; PANDEMIC; PATHOGEN CLEARANCE; PREMATURITY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RUBELLA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; MEASLES; RUBELLA;

EID: 84893460940     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.4603     Document Type: Editorial

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