Reduced vaccination and the risk of measles and other childhood infections post-Ebola

Science

Volumn 347, Issue 6227, 2015, Pages 1240-1242

  Takahashi, Saki ^a   Metcalf, C Jessica E ^a,b   Ferrari, Matthew J ^c   Moss, William J ^d   Truelove, Shaun A ^d   Tatem, Andrew J ^e,f,g   Grenfell, Bryan T ^a,f   Lessler, Justin ^d  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^g FLOWMINDER FOUNDATION   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH RISK; MEASLES; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION OUTBREAK; PUBLIC HEALTH; VACCINATION;

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALNUTRITION; MEASLES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; VACCINATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GUINEA; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; INFANT; LIBERIA; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SIERRA LEONE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

GUINEA; LIBERIA [WEST AFRICA]; SIERRA LEONE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; GUINEA; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; LIBERIA; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; SIERRA LEONE; VACCINATION;

EID: 84924785765     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.aaa3438     Document Type: Article

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