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Root-cause analytical survey for measles outbreak: Vaccination or vaccine?- A study from Madhepura District, Bihar, India [1]

Though measles is a vaccine preventable disease, outbreaks still continue to occur because of poor immunization coverage rate at the national level. The objective of the study was to report the survey results of an outbreak of measles in Puraini village of Madhepura district in Bihar, India.

Original Source [2]

Publication Date: 
01/06/2015
Sudipta Basa [3], Rashmi Ranjan Das [4], Javed Akhtar Khan [5]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research [6]
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Tags:
Measles [7], Vaccination [8], Madhepura (D) [9], Bihar [10], Child Health [11], Immunisation [12], Rural Health [13], Health Care [14]
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/root-cause-analytical-survey-measles-outbreak-vaccination-or-vaccine-study-madhepura
[2] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4525566/
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/sudipta-basa
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/rashmi-ranjan-das
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/javed-akhtar-khan
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/journal-clinical-and-diagnostic-research
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/measles
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/vaccination
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/madhepura-d
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bihar
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/child-health
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/immunisation
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rural-health
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-care