International Health
Volume 2, Issue 1 , Pages 65-68 , March 2010

Reactive vaccination as an effective tool for measles outbreak control in measles mortality reduction settings, Democratic Republic of Congo, 2005–2006

  • Kathryn P. Alberti

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    • Epicentre, 8 rue Saint Sabin, 75011 Paris, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +33 1 40 21 54 81; fax: +33 1 40 21 54 00.
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  • Lisa A. King

      Affiliations

    • Institut de Veille Sanitaire, 12, rue du Val d’Osne, 94415 Saint-Maurice, France
    • European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET)
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  • Marie-Eve Burny

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    • Médecins Sans Frontières - Belgium, 94 rue Dupré, 1090 Brussels, Belgium
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  • Benoit Kebela Ilunga

      Affiliations

    • Ministère de la Santé Publique, République Démocratique du Congo, Kinshasa - Gombe, Democratic Republic of Congo
    • ,
  • Rebecca F. Grais

      Affiliations

    • Epicentre, 8 rue Saint Sabin, 75011 Paris, France

Received 1 September 2009 ,Revised 3 December 2009 ,Accepted 31 December 2009.

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PII: S1876-3413(10)00002-1

doi: 10.1016/j.inhe.2009.12.009

International Health
Volume 2, Issue 1 , Pages 65-68 , March 2010

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