An outbreak of adult measles by nosocomial transmission in a high vaccination coverage community

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Wang, Fen juan ^a   Sun, Xiang jue ^a   Wang, Fu liang ^a   Jiang, Long fang ^a   Xu, Er ping ^b   Guo, Jian feng ^a  

^a Xiaoshan Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^b Hangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

Adults; Measles; Nosocomial infection; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; CHINA; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSMISSION; VACCINATION;

MEASLES VACCINE;

ADULT; CHINA; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; MIDDLE AGED; VACCINATION;

EID: 84904750460     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.05.006     Document Type: Article

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