The laboratory confirmation of suspected measles cases in settings of low measles transmission: Conclusions from the experience in the Americas

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 852-857

  Dietz, Vance ^a,b   Rota, Jennifer ^c   Izurieta, Héctor ^a   Carrasco, Peter ^a   Bellini, William ^c  

^a PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

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

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Americas; Exanthema etiology; Immunoenzyme techniques; Immunoglobulin G analysis; Immunoglobulin M immunology; Measles vaccine adverse effects; Measles virus isolation and purification; Measles diagnosis; Pan American Health Organization

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE;

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MEASLES; VACCINATION;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEVER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; IMMUNITY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; PARVOVIRUS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RASH; RUBELLA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; EXANTHEMA; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NORTH AMERICA; PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SOUTH AMERICA;

LATIN AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 9644274018     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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