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Risk factors for measles mortality and the importance of decentralized case management during an unusually large measles epidemic in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in 2013

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  • Etienne Gignoux
  • Jonathan Polonsky
  • Iza Ciglenecki
  • Mathieu Bichet
  • Matthew Coldiron
  • Enoch Thuambe Lwiyo
  • Innocent Akonda
  • Micaela Serafini
  • Klaudia Porten

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In 2013, a large measles epidemic occurred in the Aketi Health Zone of the Democratic Republic of Congo. We conducted a two-stage, retrospective cluster survey to estimate the attack rate, the case fatality rate, and the measles-specific mortality rate during the epidemic. 1424 households containing 7880 individuals were included. The estimated attack rate was 14.0%, (35.0% among children aged

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  • Etienne Gignoux & Jonathan Polonsky & Iza Ciglenecki & Mathieu Bichet & Matthew Coldiron & Enoch Thuambe Lwiyo & Innocent Akonda & Micaela Serafini & Klaudia Porten, 2018. "Risk factors for measles mortality and the importance of decentralized case management during an unusually large measles epidemic in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in 2013," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(3), pages 1-12, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0194276
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0194276
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