Open AccessPreplanned National Measles Vaccination Campaign at the Beginning of a Measles Outbreak—Sierra Leone, 2009–2010
Author(s) -
David Sugerman,
Amadou Fall,
Marie-Thérèse Guigui,
Michael N'dolie,
Terry Balogun,
Alie Wurie,
James L. Goodson
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1537-6613
pISSN - 0022-1899
DOI - 10.1093/infdis/jir110
Subject(s) - measles , sierra leone , outbreak , vaccination , immunization , virology , medicine , measles vaccine , environmental health , geography , socioeconomics , immunology , antigen , sociology
Large-scale measles outbreaks occurred throughout Africa from 2008-2010. In Sierra Leone, in November 2009, preceding a measles supplemental immunization activity (SIA), the largest measles outbreak in a decade started.
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