Measles outbreak among children ≤15 years old, Jaintia Hills District, Meghalaya, India, 2017

• Main Authors: Dipu Lowang (Author), Meera Dhuria (Author), Rajesh Yadav (Author), Pynshainam Mylliem (Author), Samir V Sodha (Author), Pradeep Khasnobis (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Of 1115 measles outbreaks during 2015 in India, 61,255 suspected measles cases were reported. In 2016, a measles outbreak was reported at East and West Jaintia Hills districts in Meghalaya State, India. Objectives: The outbreak was investigated to describe the epidemiology, estimate vacc...