Analysis on Epidemiological Characteristic and the Influential Factors of Neonatal Tetanus(NNT) in Guangdong Province from 2001-2005
- VernacularTitle:广东省2001~2005年新生儿破伤风流行病学特征及其影响因素分析
- Author:
Jun SHU
;
Guowen PENG
;
Xiaoping SHAO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Neonatal tetanus;
Epidemiology;
Affecting factors
- From:
Chinese Journal of Vaccines and Immunization
2008;0(04):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective Analyzing NNT epidemiological characteristics and the influeutial factors in Guangdong province from 2001 to 2005 in order to formulate the strategies for elimination NNT.Methods To make descriptive study on the data collected from NNT surveillance system. Results 2832 cases were concentrated in the Pearl River Delta and the west of Guangdong.About 72.04% NNT cases occurred in the migrant children.Through analyzing the data of the year of 2004 and 2005,73.81% of migrant NNT cases occurred in the Pearl River Delta.The cases happened in the Pearl River Delta accounted for 90.18% of whole cases.Most of local cases occurred in the west of Guangdong,which accounted for 39.04% of local cases.The cases occurred all around the year.A seasonal peak of NNT was found from June to August.Most of the onset of disease were during 2～10 days after birth.There were a higher ratio of reported male cases to the female.The ratio was 2.08∶1.Most of the NNT cases were happened to the infants who delivered at home and most of the midmives who were responsible for delivery lacked of training.99.75% mothers did not kown or administe the tetanus toxoid vaccine. Conclusion The elimination of neonatal tetanus is a difficult task in Guangdong province.Publicity to the mass should be strenghtened.The cooperation between sectors should be conducted for NNT eliminodion.
