Open AccessSouth African measles outbreak 2009 - 2010 as experienced by a paediatric hospital
Author(s) -
David M le Roux,
Stanzi M le Roux,
James Nuttall,
Brian Eley
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
samj. south african medical journal/south african medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.527
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 2078-5135
pISSN - 0256-9574
DOI - 10.7196/samj.5984
Subject(s) - medicine , measles , interquartile range , pediatrics , outbreak , odds ratio , case fatality rate , confidence interval , logistic regression , tropical medicine , pneumonia , epidemiology , vaccination , immunology , virology , pathology
Between 2009 and 2010, South Africa experienced a major measles outbreak, with more than 18 000 confirmed cases reported to the National Institute of Communicable Diseases.