Exploring the Possible Cause of the Dramatic Increase in Measles Mortality During the 2015-2016 Mongolian Outbreak

J Infect Dis. 2021 Oct 13;224(7):1266-1268. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiaa084.

Authors

Lien Anh Ha Do^{1

2}, Naranzul Tsedenbal³, Claire von Mollendorf^{1

2}, Tuya Mungun³, Darmaa Bardach³, Kim Mulholland^{1

2

4}

Affiliations

¹ New Vaccines Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.
² Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
³ National Center of Communicable Diseases, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
⁴ London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.

No abstract available

Keywords: immunosuppression; influenza; measles mortality; measles virus; respiratory syncytial virus.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Disease Outbreaks / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Immunosuppression Therapy
Influenza, Human / epidemiology*
Measles / mortality*
Measles virus / isolation & purification*
Mongolia / epidemiology
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections / epidemiology
Respiratory Syncytial Viruses