Progress toward measles elimination — Eastern Mediterranean Region, 2008–2012

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn , Issue 23, 2014, Pages 511-515

  Teleb, Nadia ^a   Lebo, Emmaculate ^b   Ahmed, Hinda ^a   Hossam, Abdel Rahman ^a   El Sayed, El Tayeb ^a   Dabbagh, Alya ^c   Strebel, Peter ^c   Rota, Paul ^d   Alexander, James ^b  

^a WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean   (Egypt)

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

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE ERADICATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; MIDDLE EAST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA, NORTHERN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE ERADICATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; MEASLES VIRUS; MIDDLE EAST; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902207582     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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