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Community-based measles mortality surveillance in two districts of Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of Congo

BACKGROUND: Mortality due to measles is often under-reported. Traditional methods of measuring mortality can be time and resource-intensive. We describe the implementation of a community-based method to monitor measles mortality. FINDINGS: Using standardized questionnaires in the midst of a measles...

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Autores principales: N’Goran, Alexandra A, Ilunga, Ngoie, Coldiron, Matthew E, Grais, Rebecca F, Porten, Klaudia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3878486/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24344804
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-6-537