Measles outbreak among the Dukpa tribe of Buxa hills in West Bengal, India: Epidemiology and vaccine efficacy

• Những tác giả chính: Satinath Bhuniya (Tác giả), Dipankar Maji (Tác giả), Debasis Mandal (Tác giả), Nilanjan Mondal (Tác giả)
• Định dạng: Sách
• Được phát hành: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Những chủ đề: article
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Although measles is a vaccine preventable disease, its occurrence and outbreaks are common in India. Four remote and inaccessible hamlets, inhabited by the Dukpa tribe, at Buxa Hills under Kalchini Block of Jalpaiguri District, West Bengal experienced a measles outbreak during the months of April-Ju...