The recent measles outbreak in South African Region is due to low vaccination coverage. What should we do to mitigate it?
New Microbes New Infect
.
2023 Jun 29:54:101164.
doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2023.101164.
eCollection 2023 Sep.
Authors
Malik Olatunde Oduoye
1
2
,
Varisha Zuhair
3
,
Andrew Marbell
4
,
Gbolahan Deji Olatunji
5
,
Ali Aamir Khan
6
,
Alia Farooq
7
,
Abdullahi Temitope Jamiu
8
9
,
Karim Arif Karim
10
Affiliations
1
College of Medical Sciences, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.
2
Department of Research, Medical Research Circle (MedReC), Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
3
Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Rafiqui H.J, Iqbal Shaheed Road, Cantonment Karachi, Karachi City, Sindh, 75510, Pakistan.
4
Medecins Sans Frontieres (OCB), Maiduguri, Nigeria.
5
University of Ilorin, P.M.B 1515, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria.
6
Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad, Pakistan.
7
University of Okara, Okara, Pakistan.
8
University of the Free State, South Africa.
9
Virginia Tech, VA, USA.
10
Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi.
PMID:
37455850
PMCID:
PMC10344677
DOI:
10.1016/j.nmni.2023.101164
No abstract available
Keywords:
Measles; Menace; Mitigation; Public health; South Africa.