Letters: Substandard vaccination compliance and the 2015 measles outbreak

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 169, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 494-495

  Majumder, Maimuna S ^a,b   Cohn, Emily L ^b   Mekaru, Sumiko R ^b   Huston, Jane E ^b   Brownstein, John S ^b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; MEASLES, MUMPS, RUBELLA, VARICELLA VACCINE; VACCINE;

DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LETTER; MEASLES; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

CHICKENPOX VACCINE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MEASLES; MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA VACCINE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; VACCINES, COMBINED;

EID: 84930720014     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: 21686211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.0384     Document Type: Letter

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