A Limited Measles Outbreak in a Highly Vaccinated US Boarding School
- 1 December 2005
- journal article
- Published by American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in Pediatrics
- Vol. 116 (6) , 1287-1291
- https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2004-2718
Abstract
Objectives. We investigated a measles outbreak that began in March 2003 in a Pennsylvania boarding school with >600 students to identify all cases, including the source; implement outbreak control measures; and evaluate vaccine effectiveness.Keywords
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