Open AccessMeasles outbreak among children ≤15 years old, Jaintia Hills District, Meghalaya, India, 2017
Author(s) -
Dipu Lowang,
Meera Dhuria,
Rajesh Kumar Yadav,
Pynshainam Mylliem,
Samir V. Sodha,
Pradeep Khasnobis
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
indian journal of public health/indian journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.381
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2229-7693
pISSN - 0019-557X
DOI - 10.4103/ijph.ijph_960_20
Subject(s) - measles , medicine , outbreak , attack rate , vaccination , case fatality rate , epidemiology , measles vaccine , relative risk , pediatrics , confidence interval , demography , virology , sociology
Of 1115 measles outbreaks during 2015 in India, 61,255 suspected measles cases were reported. In 2016, a measles outbreak was reported at East and West Jaintia Hills districts in Meghalaya State, India.