Measles outbreak investigation in Zaka, Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe, 2010

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Pomerai, Kufakwanguzvarova W ^a   Mudyiradima, Robert F ^b   Gombe, Notion T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Measles; Outbreak; Risk factor; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; MEASLES VIRUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT; ZIMBABWE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84871142806     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-687     Document Type: Article

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