Progress toward regional measles elimination - Worldwide, 2000-2015

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 65, Issue 44, 2016, Pages 1228-1233

  Patel, Minal K ^a   Gacic Dobo, Marta ^a   Strebel, Peter M ^a   Dabbagh, Alya ^a   Mulders, Mick N ^a   Okwo Bele, Jean Marie ^a   Dumolard, Laure ^a   Rota, Paul A ^b   Kretsinger, Katrina ^a   Goodson, James L ^c  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DISEASE ERADICATION; HEALTH; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MEASLES; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE ERADICATION; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84995403903     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6544a6     Document Type: Article

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