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. 2016 Jun;22(6):1106-8.
doi: 10.3201/eid2206.151652.

Post-Ebola Measles Outbreak in Lola, Guinea, January-June 2015(1)

Jonathan E Suk, Adela Paez Jimenez, Mamadou Kourouma, Tarik Derrough, Mamadou Baldé, Patric Honomou, Nestor Kolie, Oularé Mamadi, Kaduono Tamba, Kalaya Lamah, Angelo Loua, Thomas Mollet, Molou Lamah, Amara Nana Camara, Vladimir Prikazsky

Post-Ebola Measles Outbreak in Lola, Guinea, January-June 2015(1)

Jonathan E Suk et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Jun.

Abstract

During public health crises such as the recent outbreaks of Ebola virus disease in West Africa, breakdowns in public health systems can lead to epidemics of vaccine-preventable diseases. We report here on an outbreak of measles in the prefecture of Lola, Guinea, which started in January 2015.

Keywords: Africa; Conakry; Ebola; Guinea; Lola; MCV1; N’Zérékoré; Western Africa; hemorrhagic fever; immunization; measles; post-Ebola; vaccination; vaccine; vaccine-preventable diseases; viruses.

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Ebola and measles cases per month in Lola, Guinea, September 2014–June 2015. Ebola data provided by the World Health Organization Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network field team in Lola. Measles data is monthly surveillance data reported by the Direction Préfectorale de la Santé, Lola.
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