Correlation between measles immunization coverage and overall morbidity and mortality for COVID-19: an epidemiological study.

Autor: Altulayhi RI; Department of Pathology, Microbiology Unit, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. rayden185@hotmail.com., Alqahtani RM; Department of Critical Care Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia., Alakeel RA; Family Medicine Department, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia., Khorshid FA; Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia., Alshammari RH; Maternity and Children Hospital in Dammam, Dammam, Saudi Arabia., Alattas SG; Biological Sciences Department, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia., Alshammari FAM; Department of Adult Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medical Services, King Khalid Hospital, Hail, Saudi Arabia., Bin-Jumah M; Biology Department, College of Science, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia., Abdel-Daim MM; Department of Zoology, Science College, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia. abdeldaim.m@vet.suez.edu.eg.; Pharmacology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, 41522, Egypt. abdeldaim.m@vet.suez.edu.eg., Almohideb M; College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Environmental science and pollution research international [Environ Sci Pollut Res Int] 2021 Nov; Vol. 28 (44), pp. 62266-62273. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jun 29.
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-14980-6
Abstrakt: We conducted the current analysis to determine the potential role of measles vaccination in the context of the spread of COVID-19. Data were extracted from the World Health Organization's (WHO) Global Health Observatory data repository about the measles immunization coverage estimates and correlated to overall morbidity and mortality for COVID-19 among different countries. Data were statistically analyzed to calculate the Spearman rank correlation coefficient (rho). There was a significant positive correlation between the vaccine coverage (%) and new cases per one million populations (rho = 0.24; p-value = 0.025); however, this correlation was absent in deaths per one million populations (rho = 0.17; p-value = 0.124). On further analysis of the effect of first reported year of vaccination policy, there was no significant correlation with both of total cases per one million populations (rho = 0.11; p-value = 0.327) and deaths per one million populations (rho = -0.02; p-value = 0.829). Claims regarding the possible protective effect of measles vaccination seem to be doubtful.
(© 2021. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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