Measles deaths in Nepal: Estimating the national case-fatality ratio

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 456-465

  Joshi, Anand B ^a   Luman, Elizabeth T ^b   Nandy, Robin ^b   Subedi, Bal K ^c   Liyanage, Jayantha B L ^d   Wierzba, Thomas F ^b  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

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

^c Minister for Health and Population Nepal   (Nepal)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TREATMENT; FIELD METHOD; HEALTH RISK; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LOGISTICS; MORTALITY RISK; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VIRAL DISEASE; VITAMIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DEATH; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; NEPAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES; NEPAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

ASIA; EURASIA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 67649226601     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.07.050427     Document Type: Article

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