Characterizing measles transmission in India: a dynamic modeling study using verbal autopsy data

Characterizing measles transmission in India: a dynamic modeling study using verbal autopsy data

Abstract Background Decreasing trends in measles mortality have been reported in recent years. However, such estimates of measles mortality have depended heavily on assumed regional measles case fatality risks (CFRs) and made little use of mortality data from low- and middle-income countries in gene...

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Main Authors: Stéphane Verguet, Edward O. Jones, Mira Johri, Shaun K. Morris, Wilson Suraweera, Cindy L. Gauvreau, Prabhat Jha, Mark Jit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-08-01
Series:BMC Medicine
Subjects:
Measles
Vaccine-preventable diseases
Child health
Immunization
Case fatality risk
Supplementary immunization activities
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-017-0908-3

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