Elimination of endemic measles, rubella, and congenital rubella syndrome from thewestern hemisphere the US experience

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 148-155

  Papania, Mark J ^a   Wallace, Gregory S ^b   Rota, Paul A ^a   Icenogle, Joseph P ^a   Fiebelkorn, Amy Parker ^b   Armstrong, Gregory L ^b   Reef, Susan E ^a   Redd, Susan B ^b   Abernathy, Emily S ^a   Barskey, Albert E ^b,c   Hao, Lijuan ^a   McLean, Huong Q ^b,d   Rota, Jennifer S ^a   Bellini, William J ^a   Seward, Jane F ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL RUBELLA SYNDROME; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFECTION CONTROL; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MUMPS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUBELLA; RUBELLA VIRUS; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ENDEMIC DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MASS VACCINATION; MEASLES; MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA VACCINE; RUBELLA; RUBELLA SYNDROME, CONGENITAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893473060     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.4342     Document Type: Article

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