Morbidity and mortality from measles in an urban community of The Sudan
| Autor: | O. El Karim, M. A. M. Salih |
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| Rok vydání: | 1981 |
| Předmět: |
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Secondary infection 030231 tropical medicine Disease medicine.disease Measles Urban community Vaccination 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Infectious Diseases 030225 pediatrics Immunology medicine Parasitology business Encephalitis |
| Zdroj: | Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology. 75:227-230 |
| ISSN: | 1364-8594 0003-4983 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00034983.1981.11687432 |
| Popis: | An account is given of 183 children suffering from measles who were admitted to El Buluk Hospital, Omdurman, Khartoum, during the period January 1975 to December 1976. It is suggested that in Khartoum measles may occur in epidemics. The disease affected mainly the one to three year age group. Despite the relatively low mortality (4·9%) the morbidity was very high, particularly from secondary infections and especially of the respiratory tract. The introduction of successful measles vaccination may help reduce the number of cases, particularly in the one to three year old group. |
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