Measles vaccination coverage and cases among vaccinated persons

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1480-1481

  Althaus, Christian L ^a   Salathé, Marcel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES; MASS IMMUNIZATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VIROLOGY;

HUMANS; MASS VACCINATION; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84937501566     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2108.150284     Document Type: Letter

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