Responding to measles in the postelimination era

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 841-842

  Duchin, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LETTER; MEASLES; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SEROLOGY; SURGICAL MASK; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; PROCEDURES;

HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MEASLES;

EID: 84919481422     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/L14-5030     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

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