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The hidden burden of measles in Ethiopia: how distance to hospital shapes the disease mortality rate

BACKGROUND: A sequence of annual measles epidemics has been observed from January 2013 to April 2017 in the South West Shoa Zone of the Oromia Region, Ethiopia. We aimed at estimating the burden of disease in the affected area, taking into account inequalities in access to health care due to travel...

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Autores principales: Poletti, Piero, Parlamento, Stefano, Fayyisaa, Tafarraa, Feyyiss, Rattaa, Lusiani, Marta, Tsegaye, Ademe, Segafredo, Giulia, Putoto, Giovanni, Manenti, Fabio, Merler, Stefano
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6193289/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30333039
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-018-1171-y