Comparative Estimates of Crude and Effective Coverage of Measles Immunization in Low-Resource Settin...
Comparative Estimates of Crude and Effective Coverage of Measles Immunization in Low-Resource Settings: Findings from Salud Mesoamérica 2015
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Colson, K. Ellicott , Zúñiga-Brenes, Paola , Ríos-Zertuche, Diego , Conde-Glez, Carlos J. , Gagnier, Marielle C. , Palmisano, Erin , Ranganathan, Dharani , Usmanova, Gulnoza , Salvatierra, Benito , Nazar, Austreberta , Tristao, Ignez , Sanchez Monin, Emmanuelle , Anderson, Brent W. , Haakenstad, Annie , Murphy, Tasha , Lim, Stephen , Hernandez, Bernardo , Lozano, Rafael , Iriarte, Emma and Mokdad, Ali H.
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United States: Public Library of Science
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Timely and accurate measurement of population protection against measles is critical for decision-making and prevention of outbreaks. However, little is known about how survey-based estimates of immunization (crude coverage) compare to the seroprevalence of antibodies (effective coverage), particularly in low-resource settings. In poor areas of Mex...
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Comparative Estimates of Crude and Effective Coverage of Measles Immunization in Low-Resource Settings: Findings from Salud Mesoamérica 2015
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Zúñiga-Brenes, Paola
Ríos-Zertuche, Diego
Conde-Glez, Carlos J.
Gagnier, Marielle C.
Palmisano, Erin
Ranganathan, Dharani
Usmanova, Gulnoza
Salvatierra, Benito
Nazar, Austreberta
Tristao, Ignez
Sanchez Monin, Emmanuelle
Anderson, Brent W.
Haakenstad, Annie
Murphy, Tasha
Lim, Stephen
Hernandez, Bernardo
Lozano, Rafael
Iriarte, Emma
Mokdad, Ali H.
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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1694508279
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1694508279
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1932-6203
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1932-6203
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10.1371/journal.pone.0130697