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Risk factors for measles death: Kyegegwa District, western Uganda, February–September, 2015

BACKGROUND: On 18 August 2015, Kyegegwa District reported eight deaths during a measles outbreak to the Uganda Ministry of Health (MoH). We investigated this death cluster to verify the cause, identify risk factors, and inform public health interventions. METHODS: We defined a probable measles case...

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Autores principales:	Mafigiri, Richardson, Nsubuga, Fred, Ario, Alex Riolexus
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2017
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5496348/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28673250 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-017-2558-7

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