The 2013 measles outbreak in Sri Lanka: experience from a rural district and implications for measles elimination goals

BACKGROUND: Sri Lanka was the first country in the Southeast Asian region to achieve its measles elimination goal in 2011. In 2012, the measles immunization schedule changed from a measles vaccine at 9 months to a measles, mumps and rubella vaccine at 12 months. However in 2013, Sri Lanka reported i...

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Autores principales: Dahanayaka, Niroshana Jathun, Pahalagamage, Sithumini, Ganegama, Ranjan Madushanka, Weerawansa, Prasanna, Agampodi, Suneth Buddhika
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4667465/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26627462
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40249-015-0084-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4667465/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26627462
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40249-015-0084-7

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