Global eradication of measles: A highly contagious and vaccine preventable disease-what went wrong in Africa?

I. O. Okonko; A. O. Nkang; A. O. Udeze; A. O. Adedeji; J. Ejembi; B. A. Onoja; A. A. Ogun; K. N. Garba

doi:10.5897/JCAB.9000080

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Cell and Animal Biology

Abbreviation: J. Cell Anim. Biol.
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DOI: 10.5897/JCAB
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Global eradication of measles: A highly contagious and vaccine preventable disease-what went wrong in Africa?

I. O. Okonko1*, A. O. Nkang1, A. O. Udeze2, A. O. Adedeji3, J. Ejembi4, B. A. Onoja 1, A. A. Ogun5 and K. N. Garba1

1Department of Virology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria, World Health Organization Collaborative Centre for Arbovirus Reference and Research, World Health Organization Regional Reference Polio Laboratory, World Health Organization National Reference Centre for Influenza. National HIV Reference Laboratory 2Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria 3Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria 4Department of Clinical Microbiology, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH), Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria 5Department of Epidemiology, Medical Statistics and Environmental Health, Faculty of Public Health, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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Vol.3(8), pp. 119-140 , August 2009
https://doi.org/10.5897/JCAB.9000080

Published: 31 August 2013

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