Vaccine efficacy in the city of Bongor (Chad) and its operational consequences for the immunization programme;Une enquete d'efficacite vaccinale dans la ville de Bongor (Tchad) et ses consequences operationnelles pour le programme de vaccination

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 427-433

  Luthi, J C ^a   Kessler, W ^a   Boelaert, M ^b  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

IMMUNISATION PROGRAMME; MEASLES; VACCINE EFFICACY;

ARTICLE; CHAD; DRUG EFFICACY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; AGE; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EPIDEMIC; EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE;

CHAD, BONGOR;

AGE FACTORS; CHAD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEASLES;

EID: 0031455971     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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