Double outbreak of measles in the Talaja block of Bhavnagar district, Gujarat, India 2011: A need for improving the vaccine coverage and the community participation

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1713-1717

  Mishra, Pankhuri P ^a   Chauhanthe, Naresh T ^b  

^a Public Health   (India)

^b GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Bhavnagar; Measles; Measles outbreak; Measles vaccination

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MEASLES VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE FINDING; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMON COLD; CONJUNCTIVITIS; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; URBAN AREA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84871867944     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2012/4635.2628     Document Type: Article

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