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Epidemiology
Improved measles surveillance in Cameroon reveals two dynamic patterns of incidence
May 10th, 2006
Improved measles surveillance in Cameroon revealed two major dynamic patterns of incidence. Scientists in the United States, South Africa, and Camaroon conducted a study "to characterize the province-specific incidence patterns of measles in Cameroon and determine if an increase in measles incidence during the period January 2000-June 2001 is consistent with coincident epidemics in several regions with different inter-epidemic periods." "Periodic behavior of the monthly measles incidence time-series from each province of Cameroon was analyzed using time-series analysis and cluster techniques," said Derek A. T. Cummings at Johns Hopkins University in...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2006-05-10)
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