| Epidemiological study of measles in Ghazvin, Islamic Republic of Iran, April 1997-April 2003. | |
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PMID: 17037218 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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We studied measles incidence and morbidity in Ghazvin district by retrospective review of cases registered at the central health office and admitted to two hospital in Ghazvin city during April 1997-April 2003. There were 824 clinically confirmed cases of measles over the 6-year period giving a mean annual incidence of 18.67 per 100 000 population, higher than for the country generally. There were no deaths from measles. Of the 824 cases, 591 (71.1%) had serum specimens for serological analysis and 199 (24.3%) were confirmed serologically. Of the serologically confirmed cases, the greatest proportion (44.2%) were over 20 years (median age was 17.5 years), 54.5% had been in contact with a measles case and 21.6% cases had received 2 doses of vaccine. We studied 33 serologically confirmed hospitalized cases. Common complications were vomiting (45.5%), diarrhoea (42.4%) and pneumonia (21.2%). The mean duration of hospitalization was 3.8 days. |
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Authors:
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M Asefzadeh; B Peyrovian |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de santé de la Méditerranée orientale = al-Majallah al-ṣiḥḥīyah li-sharq al-mutawassiṭ Volume: 12 ISSN: 1020-3397 ISO Abbreviation: East. Mediterr. Health J. Publication Date: 2006 Jan-Mar |
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Created Date: 2006-10-12 Completed Date: 2006-11-20 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9608387 Medline TA: East Mediterr Health J Country: Egypt |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 14-22 Citation Subset: IM |
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Boalisina Hospital of Ghazvin City, Ghazvin, Islamic Republic of Iran. |
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Adolescent Adult Age Distribution Child Child, Preschool Diarrhea / epidemiology, virology Epidemiologic Studies Female Hospitals, Teaching Humans Incidence Infant Iran / epidemiology Length of Stay / statistics & numerical data Male Measles / blood, complications, epidemiology*, immunology, prevention & control Morbidity Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology, virology Population Surveillance Retrospective Studies Seroepidemiologic Studies Sex Distribution Urban Health / statistics & numerical data* Vaccination / statistics & numerical data Vomiting / epidemiology, virology |
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