Emergency settings: Be prepared to vaccinate persons aged 15 and over against measles

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 210, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1857-1859

  Kaiser, Reinhard ^a  

^a WHO Regional Office for Africa   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Age groups; Emergency settings; Immunization; Measles; Mortality

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

EMERGENCY CARE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MEASLES VACCINATION; MORTALITY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; MALE; MEASLES; REFUGEE;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEASLES; REFUGEES;

EID: 84925545626     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiu463     Document Type: Note

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