Identifying high-risk areas for sporadic measles outbreaks: lessons from South Africa

OBJECTIVE: To develop a model for identifying areas at high risk for sporadic measles outbreaks based on an analysis of factors associated with a national outbreak in South Africa between 2009 and 2011. METHODS: Data on cases occurring before and during the national outbreak were obtained from the S...

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Main Authors: Benn Sartorius, C Cohen, T Chirwa, G Ntshoe, A Puren, K Hofman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2013-03-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862013000300009&lng=en&tlng=en