Measles mortality in high and low burden districts of India: Estimates from a nationally representative study of over 12,000 child deaths

Vaccine

Volumn 31, Issue 41, 2013, Pages 4655-4661

  Morris, Shaun K ^a,b,c   Awasthi, Shally ^d   Kumar, Rajesh ^e   Shet, Anita ^f   Khera, Ajay ^g   Nakhaee, Fatemeh ^a   Ram, Usha ^a   Brandao, Jose R M ^a   Jha, Prabhat ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^e POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^f ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^g GOVERNMENT OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Childhood; Immunization; India; Measles; Mortality; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INDIA; INFANT; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CHILDHOOD; IMMUNIZATION; INDIA; MEASLES; MORTALITY; VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84883599326     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.07.012     Document Type: Article

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