Measles Cases during Ebola Outbreak, West Africa, 2013–2106
- 1 June 2017
- journal article
- Published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 23 (6), 1035-1037
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2306.161682
Abstract
The recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa caused breakdowns in public health systems, which might have caused outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases. We tested 80 patients admitted to an Ebola treatment center in Freetown, Sierra Leone, for measles. These patients were negative for Ebola virus. Measles virus IgM was detected in 13 (16%) of the patients.Keywords
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