Measles mortality, state of nutrition, and family structure: a community study from Guinea-Bissau.

Aaby, P; Bukh, J; M Lisse, I; J Smits, A

doi:10.1093/infdis/147.4.693

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Measles mortality, state of nutrition, and family structure: a community study from Guinea-Bissau.

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Authors:

P Aaby

J Bukh

I M Lisse

Abstract

In an urban area of Guinea-Bissau where the general state of nutrition seemed fairly good, the case fatality rate for measles among children less than three years of age who were examined clinically during an epidemic was 25.0%. Nutritional indicators (weight-for-age, height-for-age, and weight-for-...

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