Who are the children at risk? Lessons learned from measles outbreaks
| Autor: | Chen Stein-Zamir, Gary Zentner, Hanna Shoob, Nitza Abramson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Male Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Epidemiology Measles outbreak Measles Disease Outbreaks Young infants Young Adult Risk Factors medicine Humans Israel Young adult Child business.industry Incidence Incidence (epidemiology) Age Factors Infant Newborn Case-control study Infant Outbreak Middle Aged medicine.disease Virology Birth order Infectious Diseases Case-Control Studies Child Preschool Female business Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine |
| Zdroj: | Epidemiology and Infection. 140:1578-1588 |
| ISSN: | 1469-4409 0950-2688 |
| Popis: | SUMMARYWe investigated a measles outbreak in the Jerusalem district in 2007–2008 (992 cases). Most cases (72·6%) were aged vs. 25·6%). In a case-control study (74 cases, 148 controls) children who developed measles were less likely to be registered in a well-baby clinic and had lower overall immunization coverage. The differences in proportions for registration, DTaP3 and MMR1 coverage were 35·1%, 48·6% and 80·8%, respectively (allP |
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