An outbreak of measles in an undervaccinated community

Pediatrics

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Gahr, Pamala ^a   DeVries, Aaron S ^a   Wallace, Gregory ^b   Miller, Claudia ^a   Kenyon, Cynthia ^a   Sweet, Kristin ^a   Martin, Karen ^a   White, Karen ^a   Bagstad, Erica ^c   Hooker, Carol ^c   Krawczynski, Gretchen ^c   Boxrud, David ^a   Liu, Gongping ^a   Stinchfield, Patricia ^d   LeBlanc, Julie ^d   Hickman, Cynthia ^a   Bahta, Lynn ^a   Barskey, Albert ^b   Lynfield, Ruth ^a  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

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

^c Public Health Department   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITALS AND CLINICS OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunization coverage assessment; Immunization information system; Measles; Measles outbreak; Measles transmission; Measles mumps rubella vaccine; Post exposure prophylaxis; Undervaccinated subpopulation; Vaccine hesitancy; Vaccine preventable diseases; Voluntary isolation and quarantine

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPIDEMIC; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; KENYA; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

IMMUNIZATION COVERAGE ASSESSMENT; IMMUNIZATION INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEASLES; MEASLES OUTBREAK; MEASLES TRANSMISSION; MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA VACCINE; POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; UNDERVACCINATED SUBPOPULATION; VACCINE HESITANCY; VACCINE-PREVENTABLE DISEASES; VOLUNTARY ISOLATION AND QUARANTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFANT; MEASLES; MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA VACCINE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904209778     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-4260     Document Type: Article

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