Verification of measles elimination in Australia: Application of World Health Organization regional guidelines

Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 197-209

  Gidding, H F ^a,b   Martin, N V ^c   Stambos, V ^d   Tran, T ^d   Dey, A ^b,e   Dowse, G K ^f   Kelly, H A ^d,g   Durrheim, D N ^h   Lambert, S B ^i,j,k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^c Office of Health Protection   (Australia)

^d VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f Communicable Disease Control Directorate   (Australia)

^g AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

ⁱ Children's Hospital and Health Service   (Australia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^k QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Disease elimination; Measles; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG EFFECT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; MEASLES VIRUS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; TREND STUDY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84960158828     PISSN: 22106006     EISSN: 22106014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jegh.2015.12.004     Document Type: Article

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