Post-Ebola Measles Outbreak in Lola, Guinea, January-June 2015(1)

Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Jun;22(6):1106-8. doi: 10.3201/eid2206.151652.

Abstract

During public health crises such as the recent outbreaks of Ebola virus disease in West Africa, breakdowns in public health systems can lead to epidemics of vaccine-preventable diseases. We report here on an outbreak of measles in the prefecture of Lola, Guinea, which started in January 2015.

Keywords: Africa; Conakry; Ebola; Guinea; Lola; MCV1; N’Zérékoré; Western Africa; hemorrhagic fever; immunization; measles; post-Ebola; vaccination; vaccine; vaccine-preventable diseases; viruses.

Publication types

  • Historical Article

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Coinfection*
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Female
  • Guinea / epidemiology
  • Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / epidemiology*
  • Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / history
  • History, 21st Century
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Measles / epidemiology*
  • Measles / history
  • Middle Aged
  • Population Surveillance
  • Seasons
  • Young Adult