A forgotten epidemic that changed medicine: Measles in the US Army, 1917-18

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 852-861

  Morens, David M ^a   Taubenberger, Jeffery K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CAMPHOR; CODEINE; MORPHINE;

ARMY; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; COMMON COLD; COUGHING; EMPYEMA; EPIDEMIC; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEASLES; PAIN; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCIENTIST; SPANISH INFLUENZA; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; COINFECTION; HISTORY; INFECTION CONTROL; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; SOLDIER; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; UNITED STATES;

COINFECTION; EPIDEMICS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MEASLES; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84937512860     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(15)00109-7     Document Type: Review

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