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Measles outbreak amplified in a pediatric ward: Lyantonde District, Uganda, August 2017

BACKGROUND: Measles is a highly infectious viral disease. In August 2017, Lyantonde District, Uganda reported a measles outbreak to Uganda Ministry of Health. We investigated the outbreak to assess the scope, factors facilitating transmission, and recommend control measures. METHODS: We defined a pr...

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Autores principales: Biribawa, Claire, Atuhairwe, Joselyn Annet, Bulage, Lilian, Okethwangu, Denis Othuba, Kwesiga, Benon, Ario, Alex Riolexus, Zhu, Bao-Ping
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7274507/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32503450
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-05120-5