Measles in suburban Khartoum: An epidemiological and clinical study

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 442-449

  Ibrahim, S A ^a   Mustafa, O M ^a   Mukhtar, M M ^a   Saleh, E A ^a   El Mubarak, H S ^a   Abdallah, A ^a   El Hassan, A M ^a   Osterhaus, A D M E ^a   Groen, J ^a   De Swart, R L ^a   Zijlstra, E E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Measles; Sudan

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MEASLES; URBAN POPULATION;

AGE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DEHYDRATION; DENGUE VIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENCEPHALITIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; OTITIS MEDIA; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; RASH; RUBELLA; SCORING SYSTEM; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACCINATION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; MEASLES VIRUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS; SUBURBAN HEALTH; SUDAN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

SUDAN;

DENGUE VIRUS; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3; MEASLES VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187;

EID: 0036093767     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2002.00884.x     Document Type: Article

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