Epidemiology of Measles Cases in South Darfur State, Sudan, 2011-2015.

Taha Hussein Musa; Rehab Ibrahim Kambo; Abdelkareem Abdallah Ahmed; Hassan Hussein Musa

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Epidemiology of Measles Cases in South Darfur State, Sudan, 2011-2015.

Author: Taha Hussein MUSA ¹ ; Rehab Ibrahim KAMBO ² ; Abdelkareem Abdallah AHMED ³ ; Hassan Hussein MUSA ⁴
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1. Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering, Ministry of Education, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, Jiangsu, China.
2. World Health Organization WHO South Darfur Sub-Office Nyala 999129, Sudan.
3. Department of Physiology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, University of Nyala, P.O Box 155, 999129, Sudan.
4. Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medical Laboratory Sciences, University of Khartoum, Khartoum state, P.O. Box 11081, Khartoum 999219, Sudan.
Publication Type:Journal Article
From: Biomedical and Environmental Sciences 2017;30(12):917-921
CountryChina
Language:English
Abstract: Case-based surveillance measles data was defined according to World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines. A total of 511 measles cases were studied from 2011 to 2015 in Southern Darfur State, Sudan and 58.1% of cases were confirmed from Nyala city. About 43.4% of cases were males, 56.6% of cases were female, and 47.7% were children under five years old. Similarity, within February to June, the cases increased by 8.0% in children vaccinated through measles campaign, and 5.3% in children that used child vaccination card and 78.7% in unvaccinated one. The epidemiologically linked (EPI-Linked) measles cases declined from 2011 to 2015; consequently, Measles still remain to be a significant challenge in south Darfur state, Sudan.