Decline in measles case fatality ratio after the introduction of measles immunization in rural Senegal

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 51-57

  Samb, Badara ^a,b   Aaby, Peter ^a,c,f   Whittle, Hilton ^d   Seek, Awa Marie Coll ^e   Simondon, Francois ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^d MPC Laboratories   (Gambia)

^e UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^f STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

immunization; infection; measles; mortality

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; FATALITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; MORTALITY; RURAL AREA; SENEGAL;

DISEASE MORTALITY; IMMUNISATION PROGRAMME; MEASLES; MORTALITY DECLINE; MORTALITY IMPACT; RURAL HEALTH;

SENEGAL, NIAKHAR;

EID: 0030743867     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009031     Document Type: Article

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