Epidemiology of measles in Southwest Nigeria: An analysis of measles case-based surveillance data from 2007 to 2012

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 133-140

  Fatiregun, Akinola A ^a   Adebowale, Ayodeji S ^a   Fagbamigbe, Adeniyi F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Case based surveillance; Measles; Southwest Nigeria

Indexed keywords

CASE-BASED SURVEILLANCE; MEASLES; SOUTHWEST NIGERIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEASLES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NIGERIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894368381     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/tru004     Document Type: Article

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