Estimating the number of unvaccinated Chinese workers against yellow fever in Angola

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Wilder Smith, A ^a,b,c   Massad, E ^d,e  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e FUNDAÇÃO GETÚLIO VARGAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Air travel; Angola; Chinese; Importation; International health regulations; Proof of yellow fever vaccination; Yellow fever

Indexed keywords

YELLOW FEVER VACCINE;

ANGOLA; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; FOREIGN WORKER; GOVERNMENT; TRAVEL; VACCINATION COVERAGE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; YELLOW FEVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; MIGRATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VACCINATION;

ANGOLA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMICS; HUMANS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TRAVEL; VACCINATION; YELLOW FEVER; YELLOW FEVER VACCINE;

EID: 85045510391     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-018-3084-y     Document Type: Article

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