Description of a large measles epidemic in Democratic Republic of Congo, 2010-2013
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Mancini, SilviaColdiron, Matthew E
Ronsse, Axelle
Ilunga, Benoît Kebela
Porten, Klaudia
Grais, Rebecca F
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2014-07-03
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Conflict and HealthAbstract
Although measles mortality has declined dramatically in Sub-Saharan Africa, measles remains a major public health problem in countries like the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Here, we describe the large measles epidemic that occurred in the Democratic Republic of Congo between 2010 and 2013 using data from the national surveillance system as well as vaccine coverage surveys to provide a snapshot of the epidemiology of measles in DRC.Publisher
BioMed CentralPubMed ID
25053974Language
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1752-1505ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1186/1752-1505-8-9
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