The state of measles and rubella in the WHO European Region, 2013

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 20, Issue S5, 2014, Pages 12-18

  Muscat, M ^a   Shefer, A ^a   Ben Mamou, M ^a   Spataru, R ^a   Jankovic, D ^a   Deshevoy, S ^a   Butler, R ^a   Pfeifer, D ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Disease elimination; Genotyping; Measles; Rubella; Surveillance; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FATALITY; GENOTYPE; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); GERMANY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; MONACO; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; POLAND; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROMANIA; RUBELLA; RUBELLA VIRUS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAN MARINO; UKRAINE; UNITED KINGDOM; VACCINATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EUROPE; HUMANS; MEASLES; RUBELLA; VACCINATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84897550055     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12584     Document Type: Article

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