Improved measles surveillance in Cameroon reveals two major dynamic patterns of incidence.

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Published in Int J Infect Dis on November 07, 2005

Authors

Derek A T Cummings1, William J Moss, Kanya Long, Charles S Wiysonge, Ticha Johnson Muluh, Basile Kollo, Emmanuel Nomo, Nathan D Wolfe, Donald S Burke

Author Affiliations

1: Department of International Health, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205-5748, USA.

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