Implications of spatially heterogeneous vaccination coverage for the risk of congenital rubella syndrome in South Africa.

Rubella is generally a mild childhood disease, but infection during early pregnancy may cause spontaneous abortion or congenital rubella syndrome (CRS), which may entail a variety of birth defects. Since vaccination at levels short of those necessary to achieve eradication may increase the average a...

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Những tác giả chính: Metcalf, C, Cohen, C, Lessler, J, McAnerney, J, Ntshoe, G, Puren, A, Klepac, P, Tatem, A, Grenfell, B, Bjørnstad, O
Định dạng: Journal article
Ngôn ngữ:English
Được phát hành: 2013