Measles case fatality rate in Bihar, India, 2011-12

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 9; no. 5; p. e96668
• Main Authors: Murhekar, Manoj V, Ahmad, Mohammad, Shukla, Hemant, Abhishek, Kunwar, Perry, Robert T, Bose, Anindya S, Shimpi, Rahul, Kumar, Arun, Kaliaperumal, Kanagasabai, Sethi, Raman, Selvaraj, Vadivoo, Kamaraj, Pattabi, Routray, Satyabrata, Das, Vidya Nand, Menabde, Nata, Bahl, Sunil
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 13.05.2014; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Age Factors; Castes; Child; Child, Preschool; Children; Confidence intervals; Death; Disease Outbreaks - statistics & numerical data; Epidemics; Fatalities; Female; Health risks; Historical account; Households; Humans; Immunization; Immunization Programs; India - epidemiology; Infant; Male; Measles; Measles - mortality; Measles Vaccine; Medical personnel; Medicine and Health Sciences; Mortality; Multivariate analysis; Outbreaks; Research and Analysis Methods; Retrospective Studies; Risk analysis; Risk Factors; Risk groups; Socioeconomic Factors; Survival Rate; Vaccination; Vaccines; Vitamin A; Workers; India; Bihar India

Updated estimates of measles case fatality rates (CFR) are critical for monitoring progress towards measles elimination goals. India accounted for 36% of total measles deaths occurred globally in 2011. We conducted a retrospective cohort study to estimate measles CFR and identify the risk factors fo...