Measles in older children and adults

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 356, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Cockbain, Beatrice Clare ^a   Bharucha, Tehmina ^a   Irish, Dianne ^a   Jacobs, Michael ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; MEASLES VIRUS; MEDICAL HISTORY; NOTE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; THROAT CULTURE; YOUNG ADULT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXANTHEMA; PATHOLOGY; SKIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXANTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEASLES; SKIN; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85013408916     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j426     Document Type: Note

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