Estimating transmission intensity for a measles epidemic in Niamey, Niger: lessons for intervention

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 100, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 867-873

  Grais, R F ^a   Ferrari, M J ^b   Dubray, C ^a   Bjornstad O N ^b,c   Grenfell, B T ^b,c   Djibo, A ^d   Fermon, F ^e   Guerin, P J ^a  

^a EPICENTRE   (France)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d Ministry of Health   (Niger)

^e MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Epidemic modelling; Measles; Niger; Reproductive ratio; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

RUBELLA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; NIGER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFANT; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NIGER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN HEALTH; VACCINATION;

EID: 33745623952     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.10.014     Document Type: Article

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