[Value of a mass vaccination campaign: measles cases in the hospital milieu in Brazzaville (Congo)].
In November 1986, Congo got up an immunization for measles of nine to 36 months old infants. The aim of this study was to compare the morbidness and the death rate of measles in a 20 months period before and after November 1986. The infants less than nine months old constituted 57.2% of the patients admitted after November 86 opposed to 19, 5% before November 86. The authors stand out for strategies that will let to immunize 97% of the infants.
Obengui
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Service d'Infectiologie CHU, Brazzaville, Congo.
Nkoua
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Moyen
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Nzingoula
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D002675:Child, Preschool; D003223:Congo / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006786:Hospitals, Urban; D006801:Humans; D017589:Immunization Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality; D008297:Male; D008457:Measles / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008458:Measles Vaccine / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012189:Retrospective Studies
D008458:Measles Vaccine
Intérêt d'une campagne de vaccination de masse: cas de la rougeole en milieu hospitalier a Brazzaville (Congo).