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Being unvaccinated and having a contact history increased the risk of measles infection during an outbreak: a finding from measles outbreak investigation in rural district of Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Measles is one of the most contagious diseases caused by an acute viral illness called Morbillivirus that usually occurs as an outbreak in low-income countries. As of May 2016 measles suspected outbreak was reported from Sekota Zuria district. We investigated the outbreak to identify its...
Autores principales: | Girmay, Abadi, Dadi, Abel Fekadu |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6485078/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31023269 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-3973-8 |
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