Measles vaccine effectiveness and risk factors for measles in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 776-782

  Akramuzzaman, Syed M ^a,b   Cutts, Felicity T ^c   Hossain, Md J ^a   Wahedi, Obaidullah K ^d   Nahar, Nazmun ^e   Islam, Darul ^a   Shaha, Narayan C ^d   Mahalanabis, Dilip ^c  

^a ICDDRB Clinical Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d DHAKA SHISHU HOSPITAL   (Bangladesh)

^e DHAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Cross infection; Immunization; Measles vaccine therapeutic use; Measles etiology; Odds ratio; Risk factors; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

HEALTH RISK; IMMUNIZATION; MEASLES; RISK FACTOR; VACCINATION;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BANGLADESH; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; ODDS RATIO; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 0036034154     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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