Reemergence of measles in the americas: The genotype B3 2011–2012 outbreak in Ecuador

Vaccines

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Le, Nicole K ^a   Mhaskar, Rahul ^b   Hoare, Ismael ^c   Espinel, Mauricio ^d   Rivadeneira, María Fernanda ^e   Malavade, Sharad ^f   Izurieta, Ricardo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD LAICA ELOY ALFARO DE MANABÍ   (Ecuador)

^e PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^f Brandon Regional Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecuador; Indigenous; Measles; Vaccinations

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE RE-EMERGENCE; ECUADOR; FEMALE; FEVER; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; RASH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 85024363586     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2076393X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/vaccines5020015     Document Type: Article

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