Retrospective measles outbreak investigation: Sudan, 2004

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 329-334

  Coronado, Fátima ^a,c   Musa, Nisreen ^d   Ahmed El Tayeb, El Sayed ^b,d   Haithami, Salah ^e   Dabbagh, Alya ^e   Mahoney, Frank ^e   Nandy, Robin ^b   Cairns, Lisa ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d Federal Ministry of Health   (Sudan)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE; RETINOL;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUDAN;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUDAN; VACCINATION; VITAMIN A;

EID: 33749645116     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fml026     Document Type: Article

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