This Article Full Text (PDF) References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Request Permissions Request Reprints Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via Google Scholar Citing Articles via Scopus Google Scholar Articles by Fischer, P. R. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Fischer, P. R. Pubmed/NCBI databases Medline Plus Health Information Measles Social Bookmarking                         What's this?

Measles in Zaire: 1987

From the Evangelical Medical Center, Nyankunde, Zaire

Despite widespread efforts to prevent measles, a measles epidemic raged in Zaire during 1986 and early 1987. Hospitalized patients were studied with the goals of better understanding the weakness of the current efforts and of suggesting improvements in the local practice of primary health care. One hundred seventy five patients were hospitalized with measles or measles complications between October 1986 and February 1987 at the Evangelical Medical Center in north-eastern Zaire. Ten percent died. Most patients were young (but older than 15 months) and poorly nourished. All patients were incompletely vaccinated. A changed vaccine schedule is proposed, and more thorough application of primary health care measures is encouraged.

Clinical Pediatrics, Vol. 27, No. 5, 234-235 (1988)
DOI: 10.1177/000992288802700503


CiteULike    Complore    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter    What's this?