Epidemiological characteristics of two measle outbreaks in Khanh Hoa province
- Author:
Vien Quang Mai
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Measle, epidemiology
- MeSH:
Epidemiology;
Measles;
Disease Outbreaks
- From:Journal of Preventive Medicine
2004;14(2):21-25
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Although EPI have been implemented successfully during some years from 1989 to 2000, but from 1998 to 2000 measles outbreak had been occurred in Khanh Hoa province with following characteristics: Almost of cases were children with whom had not been injected measles vaccine only 9.9% of cases had been vaccinated. There was no difference in gender, a majority of cases were in age groups of 1-4 and 5-9. Erythema symptom was occurred in 80% of cases. Serological and isolated results of virus showed that, there were no significant different among gender, age group and injecting vaccine
