Evaluation of a measles vaccine campaign in Ethiopia using oral-fluid antibody surveys

Vaccine

Volumn 26, Issue 37, 2008, Pages 4769-4774

  Nigatu, Wondatir ^a,b   Samuel, Dhan ^c   Cohen, Bernard ^c   Cumberland, Phillippa ^d   Lemma, Eshetu ^a   Brown, David W G ^c   Nokes, James ^b  

^a ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Measles campaign evaluation

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; MEASLES VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ANTIBODY TITER; BODY FLUID; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MEASLES VACCINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROPREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHIOPIA; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; MOUTH MUCOSA;

EID: 49549095116     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.07.005     Document Type: Review

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