ArticleThe Pan African medical journal2020
Measles outbreak in 2018-2019, Madagascar: epidemiology and public health implications.
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- A large measles outbreak in Zimbabwe related to vaccine hesitancy in 2022.The Pan African medical journal · 2026Article
- Revealing trends in measles immunity during periods of varying measles circulation in Madagascar.American journal of epidemiology · 2025Article
- Reflections on 50 years of immunisation programmes in the WHO African region: an impetus to build on the progress and address the unfinished immunisation business.BMJ global health · 2025Article
- Attention to COVID 19 pandemic resulted in increased measles cases and deaths in Zambia.Tropical medicine and health · 2025Article
- Impact of a Mobile Money-Based Conditional Cash Transfer Intervention on Health Care Utilization in Southern Madagascar: Mixed-Methods Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2025Article
- Obstacles to routine immunization in Madagascar: Structural, relational and cultural constraints.Vaccine: X · 2023Review
- Excess mortality associated with the COVID-19 pandemic during the 2020 and 2021 waves in Antananarivo, Madagascar.BMJ global health · 2023Article
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- Less than one-fifth of Ethiopian children were vaccinated for measles second dose; evidence from the Ethiopian mini demographic and health survey 2019.Vaccine: X · 2022Article
- Comparing transmission potential networks based on social network surveys, close contacts and environmental overlap in rural Madagascar.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2022Article
- Epidemiological characteristics of a protracted and widespread measles outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 2018 - 2020.The Pan African medical journal · 2022Article
- Variation in SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks across sub-Saharan Africa.Nature medicine · 2021Article
- Vaccination strategies for measles control and elimination: time to strengthen local initiatives.BMC medicine · 2021Article
- The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on measles surveillance in the World Health Organisation African Region, 2020.The Pan African medical journal · 2021Article
- Iatrogenic Hypotension Induced by the Improper Treatment of Normal Grief.Case reports in psychiatry · 2021Article
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Abstract
introductionIn October 4
methodsData have been collected using line list developed for the outbreak. Serum samples were collected within 30 days of rash onset for laboratory testing; confirmation was made by detection of measles immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibody.
resultsA total of 2,930 samples were analysed in the laboratory among which 1,086 (37%) were laboratory confirmed. Measles cases age ranged from a minimum of 1 month to a maximum of 88 years. The median and the mean were 7 years and 9 years respectively. Children between 1 to 9 years accounted for 50.6% of measles cases. Attack rate (39,014 per 1,000,000 inhabitants) and case fatality rate (1.2%) were highest among children aged 9-11 months. A total of 67.2% cases were unvaccinated. As of March 14
conclusionMeasles outbreak in Madagascar showed that the country is not on the track to achieve the goal of measles elimination by 2020.
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