660The effect of immunization on measles incidence in the Democratic Republic of Congo
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Republic of Congo Reena Doshi, MPH; Calixte Shidi, MD; Nicole Hoff, MPH; Jean-Jacques Muyembe, MD, PhD; Emile Okitolonda, MD; Anne Rimoin, PhD, MPH; Epidemiology, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA; Ministry of Health, Expanded Programme on Vaccination, Kinshasa, Congo-Kinshasa; Institut National de Recherché Bio-Medicale, Kinshasa, Congo-Kinshasa; Kinshasa School of Public Health, Kinshasa, Congo-Kinshasa
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