Table 1 PubMed search terms and number of results

PubMed

((“Measles”[Mesh] OR “measles”[tiab]) AND (“Diarrhea”[Mesh] OR “diarrhea”[tiab] OR “diarrheas”[tiab] OR “flux”[tiab] OR “loose stool”[tiab] OR “loose stools”[tiab])) AND (“Morbidity”[Mesh] OR “morbidity”[tiab] OR “morbidities”[tiab] OR “Mortality”[Mesh] OR “mortality”[tiab] OR “mortalities”[tiab] OR “death rate”[tiab] OR “fatality rate”[tiab] OR “vaccine”[tiab])

341

Embase

‘measles’/exp. AND (‘diarrhea’/exp. OR (loose:ab,ti AND stool:ab,ti) OR (loose:ab,ti AND stools:ab,ti)) AND (morbidity:ab,ti OR mortality:ab,ti OR mortalities:ab,ti OR (mortality:ab,ti AND rate:ab,ti) OR (death:ab,ti AND rate:ab,ti) OR (fatality:ab,ti AND rate:ab,ti))

271

Open Grey

“measles”

114

Grey Literature Report

“measles”

6