Cost analysis of measles in refugees arriving at Los Angeles International Airport from Malaysia

Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1084-1090

  Coleman, Margaret S ^a   Burke, Heather M ^a   Welstead, Bethany L ^a   Mitchell, Tarissa ^a   Taylor, Eboni M ^a   Shapovalov, Dmitry ^b   Maskery, Brian A ^a   Joo, Heesoo ^a   Weinberg, Michelle ^a  

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

^b INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

cost; measles; outbreak; refugee; vaccination

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE;

AIRPORT; ARTICLE; CALIFORNIA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MEASLES; OKLAHOMA; REFUGEE; ADOLESCENT; AVIATION; CASE REPORT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COST; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; MALE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; TRANSMISSION; TRAVEL RELATED DISEASE; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AIR TRAVEL; AIRPORTS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, IMPORTED; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; LOS ANGELES; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; REFUGEES; TRAVEL-RELATED ILLNESS; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85019599258     PISSN: 21645515     EISSN: 2164554X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2016.1271518     Document Type: Article

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