International Health Regulations in practice: Focus on yellow fever and poliomyelitis

Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 2690-2693

  Simons, H ^a   Patel, D ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

International Health Regulations; poliomyelitis; Public Health Emergency of International Concern; World Health Organization; yellow fever

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; NOTE; POLIOMYELITIS; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; VACCINATION; YELLOW FEVER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GLOBAL HEALTH; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRANSMISSION; TRAVEL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; POLIOMYELITIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRAVEL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YELLOW FEVER;

EID: 84992058814     PISSN: 21645515     EISSN: 2164554X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2016.1218100     Document Type: Note

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