Measles Outbreak in South Africa: Epidemiology of Laboratory-Confirmed Measles Cases and Assessment of Intervention, 2009–2011

BACKGROUND: Since 1995, measles vaccination at nine and 18 months has been routine in South Africa; however, coverage seldom reached >95%. We describe the epidemiology of laboratory-confirmed measles case-patients and assess the impact of the nationwide mass vaccination campaign during the 2009 t...

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Main Authors: Ntshoe, Genevie M., McAnerney, Johanna M., Archer, Brett N., Smit, Sheilagh B., Harris, Bernice N., Tempia, Stefano, Mashele, Mirriam, Singh, Beverley, Thomas, Juno, Cengimbo, Ayanda, Blumberg, Lucille H., Puren, Adrian, Moyes, Jocelyn, van den Heever, Johann, Schoub, Barry D., Cohen, Cheryl
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3577838/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23437059
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0055682
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