Challenges in measuring measles case fatality ratios in settings without vital registration

Emerging Themes in Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Cairns, K Lisa ^a   Nandy, Robin ^b   Grais, Rebecca F ^c  

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

^b UNICEF   (United States)

^c EPICENTRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE; RETINOL;

AUTOPSY; CASE FATALITY RATIO; CASE MANAGEMENT; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FATALITY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REGISTRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; VERBAL AUTOPSY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 77954682913     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17427622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-7622-7-4     Document Type: Review

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