Identifying key predictors amongst children of under 5 years of age with fever and rashes amidst measles outbreak in Jharkhand: A case control study

Dewesh Kumar; Vidya Sagar; Anit Kujur; Sanjay Bhardwaj; Vanesh Mathur; Rahul Kapse; Kaninika Mitra; Rishabh Kumar Rana; Rajan Kumar Barnwal; Bijit Biswas; Syed Irfan Ali; Ravi Ranjan Jha; Tanya Tanu; Ratnesh Sinha; Chandramani Kumar; Abhishek Kumar; Dilip Kumar Paswan; Rahul Chandra; Surendra Sahu; Manish Deo; Atul Kachhap; Santosh Kumar Soren; Priyanka Pawar; Ritika Mukherjee; Divita Sharma; Rajan Kumar; Archisman Mohapatra; Amarendra Kumar

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0333381

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Identifying key predictors amongst children of under 5 years of age with fever and rashes amidst measles outbreak in Jharkhand: A case control study

Dewesh Kumar ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Dewesh Kumar, Anit Kujur, Vanesh Mathur, Rishabh Kumar Rana, Rajan Kumar Barnwal

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi, India
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Vidya Sagar ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

¶‡ Rk, KM, BB, SIA, RRJ, TT, RS, CK, AK, DKP, RC, SS, MD, AK, SKS, PP, RM, DS, RK, AM, AK also Contributed equally to work

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi, India
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Anit Kujur ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Dewesh Kumar, Anit Kujur, Vanesh Mathur, Rishabh Kumar Rana, Rajan Kumar Barnwal

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: Kujuranit@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi, India

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2355-8766

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Sanjay Bhardwaj ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources

¶‡ Rk, KM, BB, SIA, RRJ, TT, RS, CK, AK, DKP, RC, SS, MD, AK, SKS, PP, RM, DS, RK, AM, AK also Contributed equally to work

Affiliation UNICEF, New York, United States of America
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Vanesh Mathur ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Dewesh Kumar, Anit Kujur, Vanesh Mathur, Rishabh Kumar Rana, Rajan Kumar Barnwal

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation UNICEF, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
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Rahul Kapse ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft

¶‡ Rk, KM, BB, SIA, RRJ, TT, RS, CK, AK, DKP, RC, SS, MD, AK, SKS, PP, RM, DS, RK, AM, AK also Contributed equally to work

Affiliation UNICEF, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
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Kaninika Mitra ,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Visualization

¶‡ Rk, KM, BB, SIA, RRJ, TT, RS, CK, AK, DKP, RC, SS, MD, AK, SKS, PP, RM, DS, RK, AM, AK also Contributed equally to work

Affiliation UNICEF, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
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Rishabh Kumar Rana ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Dewesh Kumar, Anit Kujur, Vanesh Mathur, Rishabh Kumar Rana, Rajan Kumar Barnwal

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, Shaheed Nirmal Mahto Medical College and Hospital, Dhanbad, India

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3585-5346

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Rajan Kumar Barnwal ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Dewesh Kumar, Anit Kujur, Vanesh Mathur, Rishabh Kumar Rana, Rajan Kumar Barnwal

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, Medinirai Medical College and Hospital, Palamu, India
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Bijit Biswas ,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Supervision

¶‡ Rk, KM, BB, SIA, RRJ, TT, RS, CK, AK, DKP, RC, SS, MD, AK, SKS, PP, RM, DS, RK, AM, AK also Contributed equally to work

Affiliation Department of Community and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Deoghar, Jharkhand, India

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7609-6446

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Syed Irfan Ali ,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

¶‡ Rk, KM, BB, SIA, RRJ, TT, RS, CK, AK, DKP, RC, SS, MD, AK, SKS, PP, RM, DS, RK, AM, AK also Contributed equally to work

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, Manipal Tata Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India
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Ravi Ranjan Jha ,

Roles Data curation, Investigation

¶‡ Rk, KM, BB, SIA, RRJ, TT, RS, CK, AK, DKP, RC, SS, MD, AK, SKS, PP, RM, DS, RK, AM, AK also Contributed equally to work

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, Shaheed Nirmal Mahto Medical College and Hospital, Dhanbad, India
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Tanya Tanu ,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

¶‡ Rk, KM, BB, SIA, RRJ, TT, RS, CK, AK, DKP, RC, SS, MD, AK, SKS, PP, RM, DS, RK, AM, AK also Contributed equally to work

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, Shaheed Nirmal Mahto Medical College and Hospital, Dhanbad, India
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Ratnesh Sinha ,

Roles Data curation, Investigation

¶‡ Rk, KM, BB, SIA, RRJ, TT, RS, CK, AK, DKP, RC, SS, MD, AK, SKS, PP, RM, DS, RK, AM, AK also Contributed equally to work

Affiliation ESI Hospital, Namkum, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
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Chandramani Kumar ,

Roles Data curation, Investigation

¶‡ Rk, KM, BB, SIA, RRJ, TT, RS, CK, AK, DKP, RC, SS, MD, AK, SKS, PP, RM, DS, RK, AM, AK also Contributed equally to work

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, Sheikh Bhikhari Medical College and Hospital, Hazaribagh, India
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Abhishek Kumar ,

Roles Data curation, Investigation

¶‡ Rk, KM, BB, SIA, RRJ, TT, RS, CK, AK, DKP, RC, SS, MD, AK, SKS, PP, RM, DS, RK, AM, AK also Contributed equally to work

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, Manipal Tata Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India
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Dilip Kumar Paswan ,

Roles Data curation, Investigation

¶‡ Rk, KM, BB, SIA, RRJ, TT, RS, CK, AK, DKP, RC, SS, MD, AK, SKS, PP, RM, DS, RK, AM, AK also Contributed equally to work

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi, India
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Rahul Chandra ,

Roles Data curation, Investigation

¶‡ Rk, KM, BB, SIA, RRJ, TT, RS, CK, AK, DKP, RC, SS, MD, AK, SKS, PP, RM, DS, RK, AM, AK also Contributed equally to work

Affiliation Narayan Medical College and Hospital, Sasaram, India
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Surendra Sahu ,

Roles Investigation

¶‡ Rk, KM, BB, SIA, RRJ, TT, RS, CK, AK, DKP, RC, SS, MD, AK, SKS, PP, RM, DS, RK, AM, AK also Contributed equally to work

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, Sheikh Bhikhari Medical College and Hospital, Hazaribagh, India
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Manish Deo ,

Roles Data curation, Investigation

¶‡ Rk, KM, BB, SIA, RRJ, TT, RS, CK, AK, DKP, RC, SS, MD, AK, SKS, PP, RM, DS, RK, AM, AK also Contributed equally to work

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, Sheikh Bhikhari Medical College and Hospital, Hazaribagh, India
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Atul Kachhap ,

Roles Data curation, Investigation

¶‡ Rk, KM, BB, SIA, RRJ, TT, RS, CK, AK, DKP, RC, SS, MD, AK, SKS, PP, RM, DS, RK, AM, AK also Contributed equally to work

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, Phulo Jhano Medical College and Hospital, Dumka, India
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Santosh Kumar Soren ,

Roles Data curation, Investigation

¶‡ Rk, KM, BB, SIA, RRJ, TT, RS, CK, AK, DKP, RC, SS, MD, AK, SKS, PP, RM, DS, RK, AM, AK also Contributed equally to work

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi, India
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Priyanka Pawar ,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

¶‡ Rk, KM, BB, SIA, RRJ, TT, RS, CK, AK, DKP, RC, SS, MD, AK, SKS, PP, RM, DS, RK, AM, AK also Contributed equally to work

Affiliation Generating Research Insights for Development (GRID) Council, Noida, India
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Ritika Mukherjee ,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

¶‡ Rk, KM, BB, SIA, RRJ, TT, RS, CK, AK, DKP, RC, SS, MD, AK, SKS, PP, RM, DS, RK, AM, AK also Contributed equally to work

Affiliation Generating Research Insights for Development (GRID) Council, Noida, India
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Divita Sharma ,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

¶‡ Rk, KM, BB, SIA, RRJ, TT, RS, CK, AK, DKP, RC, SS, MD, AK, SKS, PP, RM, DS, RK, AM, AK also Contributed equally to work

Affiliation Generating Research Insights for Development (GRID) Council, Noida, India
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Rajan Kumar ,

Roles Formal analysis, Visualization

¶‡ Rk, KM, BB, SIA, RRJ, TT, RS, CK, AK, DKP, RC, SS, MD, AK, SKS, PP, RM, DS, RK, AM, AK also Contributed equally to work

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Deoghar, Jharkhand, India
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Archisman Mohapatra ,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

¶‡ Rk, KM, BB, SIA, RRJ, TT, RS, CK, AK, DKP, RC, SS, MD, AK, SKS, PP, RM, DS, RK, AM, AK also Contributed equally to work

Affiliation Generating Research Insights for Development (GRID) Council, Noida, India
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Amarendra Kumar

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision

¶‡ Rk, KM, BB, SIA, RRJ, TT, RS, CK, AK, DKP, RC, SS, MD, AK, SKS, PP, RM, DS, RK, AM, AK also Contributed equally to work

Affiliation WHO, Jharkhand, India
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Identifying key predictors amongst children of under 5 years of age with fever and rashes amidst measles outbreak in Jharkhand: A case control study

Dewesh Kumar,
Vidya Sagar,
Anit Kujur,
Sanjay Bhardwaj,
Vanesh Mathur,
Rahul Kapse,
Kaninika Mitra,
Rishabh Kumar Rana,
Rajan Kumar Barnwal,
Bijit Biswas

Published: September 29, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0333381

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