First 5 years of measles elimination in southern Africa: 1996-2000

Lancet

Volumn 359, Issue 9317, 2002, Pages 1564-1568

  Biellik, Robin ^a   Madema, Simon ^b   Taole, Anne ^c   Kutsulukuta, Agnes ^d   Allies, Ernestina ^e   Eggers, Rudi ^f   Ngcobo, Ntombenhle ^f   Nxumalo, Mavis ^g   Shearley, Adelaide ^h   Mabuzane, Egleah ^h   Kufa, Erica ^a   Okwo Bele, Jean Marie ^a  

^a WHO Regional Office for Africa   (Zimbabwe)

^b Department of HIV AIDS Prevention and Care   (Botswana)

^c Government of Lesotho Ministry of Health and Social Welfare   (Lesotho)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

^e Ministry of Health   (Namibia)

^f Ministry of Health and Child Welfare ^*  (South Africa)

^g Ministry of Health   (Swaziland)

^h MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND CHILD CARE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0037018767     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)08517-3     Document Type: Article

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