Impact of a targeted typhoid vaccination campaign following cyclone Tomas, Republic of Fiji, 2010

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1031-1038

  Scobie, Heather M ^a   Nilles, Eric ^b   Kama, Mike ^c   Kool, Jacob L ^d   Mintz, Eric ^a   Wannemuehler, Kathleen A ^a   Hyde, Terri B ^a   Dawainavesi, Akanisi ^c   Singh, Sheetalpreet ^e   Korovou, Samuel ^e   Jenkins, Kylie ^e   Date, Kashmira ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c Mataika House   (Fiji)

^d WHO Country Liaison Office   (Vanuatu)

^e Ministry of Health   (Fiji)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TYPHOID VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DISASTER MEDICINE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FIJI; HUMAN; HURRICANE; MORBIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SANITATION; TYPHOID FEVER; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CYCLONIC STORMS; DISASTERS; FEMALE; FIJI; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SANITATION; TYPHOID FEVER; TYPHOID-PARATYPHOID VACCINES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84902252108     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0728     Document Type: Article

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