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Interruption of Indigenous Measles Transmission in Bolivia since October 2000

Authors :
Fernando Gil
Oswaldo Barrezueta
Arturo QuiƱonez
Mauricio Landaverde
Eric Machicao
Linda Venczel
Rosario Quiroga
Hector S. Izurieta
Percy Halkyer
Source :
The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 187:S121-S126
Publication Year :
2003
Publisher :
Oxford University Press (OUP), 2003.

Abstract

Measles incidence in Bolivia declined after the introduction of campaign strategies in the 1980s. From 1990 to 1993, the peak incidence of measles (59 cases/100,000 population) was in 1992. In 1994, after the goal of interruption of measles transmission was adopted, a national vaccination campaign targeting children

Details

ISSN :
15376613 and 00221899
Volume :
187
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
The Journal of Infectious Diseases
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....a99537b168b2a288dbfc1e54f2387e6f