Measles in Democratic Republic of Congo: An outbreak description from Katanga, 2010-2011

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Grout, Lise ^a   Minetti, Andrea ^a   Hurtado, Northan ^b   François, Gwenola ^b   Fermon, Florence ^b   Chatelain, Anne ^b   Harczi, Géza ^b   Ngoie, Jean de Dieu Ilunga ^c   N'Goran, Alexandra ^a   Luquero, Francisco J ^a   Grais, Rebecca F ^a   Porten, Klaudia ^a  

^a EPICENTRE   (France)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^c Ministry of Health   (Democratic Republic Congo)

Author keywords

Africa south of the sahara; Control; Disease outbreak; Mass vaccination; Measles

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONGO; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MEASLES; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MASS VACCINATION; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE;

EID: 84878006695     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-232     Document Type: Article

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