Description of a large measles epidemic in Democratic Republic of Congo, 2010-2013

Conflict and Health

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Mancini, Silvia ^a,b   Coldiron, Matthew E ^a   Ronsse, Axelle ^a   Ilunga, Benoît Kebela ^c   Porten, Klaudia ^a   Grais, Rebecca F ^a  

^a EPICENTRE   (France)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^c Ministry of Health   (Congo)

Author keywords

Epidemic; Infectious Disease; Mass Vaccination; Measles; Supplementary immunization activities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905560601     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1505-8-9     Document Type: Article

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