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Factors contributing to measles transmission during an outbreak in Kamwenge District, Western Uganda, April to August 2015

BACKGROUND: In April 2015, Kamwenge District, western Uganda reported a measles outbreak. We investigated the outbreak to identify potential exposures that facilitated measles transmission, assess vaccine effectiveness (VE) and vaccination coverage (VC), and recommend prevention and control measures...

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Autores principales:	Nsubuga, Fred, Bulage, Lilian, Ampeire, Immaculate, Matovu, Joseph K. B., Kasasa, Simon, Tanifum, Patricia, Riolexus, Alex Ario, Zhu, Bao-Ping
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2018
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5759285/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29310585 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-017-2941-4

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