Post-Ebola Measles Outbreak in Lola, Guinea, January–June 20151

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Suk, Jonathan E. ; Jimenez, Adela Paez ; Kourouma, Mamadou ; Derrough, Tarik ; Baldé, Mamadou ; Honomou, Patric ; Kolie, Nestor ; Mamadi, Oularé ; Tamba, Kaduono ; Lamah, Kalaya ; Loua, Angelo ; Mollet, Thomas ; Lamah, Molou ; Camara, Amara Nana ; Prikazsky, Vladimir
• Description:
  During public health crises such as the recent outbreaks of Ebola virus disease in West Africa, breakdowns in public health systems can lead to epidemics of vaccine-preventable diseases. We report here on an outbreak of measles in the prefecture of Lola, Guinea, which started in January 2015.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 And Over Child Child, Preschool Coinfection Disease Outbreaks Female Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola/Epidemiology Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola/History History, 21St Century Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Male Measles/Epidemiology Measles/History Middle Aged Population Surveillance Seasons Young Adult

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 22(6):1106-1108.
• Pubmed ID:
  27191621
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4880080
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Guinea
• Location:
  Africa
• Volume:
  22
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a915f0ddb05b1b1531579628b3429813ecf781c22d2a2488051fd4241b7995ab
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/39685/cdc_39685_DS1.pdf
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