The hidden burden of measles in Ethiopia: how distance to hospital shapes the disease mortality rate

A sequence of annual measles epidemics has been observed from January 2013 to April 2017 in the South West Shoa Zone of the Oromia Region, Ethiopia. We aimed at estimating the burden of disease in the affected...

Source: BMC Medicine - October 18, 2018 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Piero Poletti, Stefano Parlamento, Tafarraa Fayyisaa, Rattaa Feyyiss, Marta Lusiani, Ademe Tsegaye, Giulia Segafredo, Giovanni Putoto, Fabio Manenti and Stefano Merler Tags: Research article Source Type: research