Measles epidemiology and outbreak response immunization in a rural community in Peru

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 545-552

  Sniadack, D H ^a,b,c,d   Moscoso, B ^d   Aguilar, R ^e   Heath, J ^a   Bellini, W ^a   Chuy Chiu, M ^d  

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

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF STATE   (United States)

^d Fld Epidemiology Training Programme   (Peru)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNIZATION; MEASLES; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; RURAL SOCIETY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; PERU; RURAL POPULATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AMERICAS; CASE FATALITY RATE; COMMUNITY SURVEYS; DEATH RATE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES; IMMUNIZATION; LATIN AMERICA; MEASLES; MEASUREMENT; MORTALITY; PERU; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RURAL POPULATION; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOUTH AMERICA; STUDIES; SURVEYS; VACCINES--ADMINISTRACTION AND DOSAGE; VIRAL DISEASES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; PERU; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

PERU;

EID: 0032774042     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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