Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jun 2016)

Post-Ebola Measles Outbreak in Lola, Guinea, January–June 2015

  • 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

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2206.151652
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 22, no. 6
pp. 1106 – 1108

Abstract

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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.

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