Assessment of the epidemiology and burden of measles in southern Mozambique

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 146-151

  Mandomando, Inácio ^a,b   Naniche, Denise ^c   Pasetti, Marcela F ^d   Cuberos, Lilian ^d   Sanz, Sergi ^c   Vallès, Xavier ^a   Sigauque, Betuel ^a,b   Macete, Eusébio ^a,e   Nhalungo, Delino ^a   Kotloff, Karen L ^d   Levine, Myron M ^d   Alonso, Pedro L ^a,c  

^a Manhiça Health Research Center   (Mozambique)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SAÚDE   (Mozambique)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Ministério da Saúde ^*  (Mozambique)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; MOZAMBIQUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHOOL CHILD;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; MOZAMBIQUE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 79960284920     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0517     Document Type: Article

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