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Trend in mortality from a recent measles outbreak in Cameroon: a retrospective analysis of 223 measles cases in the Benakuma Health District
INTRODUCTION: Measles is a highly contagious viral infection with high mortality in poorly vaccinated regions. We sought to establish the trend in mortality and the factors that favoured the recent measles outbreak that occurred in Benakuma, in the North west region of Cameroon from the 21/06/2015 t...
Autores principales: | Njim, Tsi, Agyingi, Kimbong, Aminde, Leopold Ndemnge, Atunji, Edwin Fon |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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The African Field Epidemiology Network
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4885724/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27279961 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2016.23.135.8630 |
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