Widespread outbreaks of measles in rural Uttar Pradesh, India, 1996: High risk areas and groups

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 249-256

  Singh, Jagvir ^b   Kumar, Ashok ^a   Rai, R N ^b   Khare, Shashi ^b   Jain, D C ^b   Bhatia, Rajesh ^b   Datta, K K ^b  

^a GOVERNMENT OF INDIA   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

Case fatality ratio; Measles; Measles vaccine; Outbreak; Vaccine efficacy

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; STANDARD; SURVIVAL RATE; VACCINATION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; VACCINATION;

EID: 0033084693     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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