The effect of immunization on measles incidence in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Results from a model of surveillance data

Vaccine

Volumn 33, Issue 48, 2015, Pages 6786-6792

  Doshi, Reena H ^a   Shidi, Calixte ^b   Mulumba, Audry ^b   Eckhoff, Philip ^c   Nguyen, Catherine ^d   Hoff, Nicole A ^a   Gerber, Sue ^e   Okitolonda, Emile ^f   Ilunga, Benoit Kebela ^g   Rimoin, Anne W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Expanded Programme on Immunization   (Democratic Republic Congo)

^c Intellectual Ventures Laboratory   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

^f Kinshasa School of Public Health   (Democratic Republic Congo)

^g Ministry of Public Health   (Democratic Republic Congo)

Author keywords

Democratic Republic of Congo; Immunization; Measles; Vaccine preventable diseases

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UTILIZATION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE;

EID: 84949920934     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.10.020     Document Type: Article

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