Vaccination

Epidemiological data provides measles information in Khartoum

Published in Vaccine Weekly, July 24th, 2002

by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Epidemiological data collected in Khartoum, Sudan, has shed light on measles vaccinations coverage and clinical outcomes of measles cases.

S.A. Ibrahim and collaborators working in Sudan collected epidemiological and clinical information on 187 patients with a measles diagnosis. When the investigators ran laboratory tests to establish the measles diagnosis, they confirmed measles in only 141 (75%) patients. The other 46 (25%) patients were ill from other diseases or for other reasons. Surprising, 59% of the patients with a confirmed measles diagnosis had been vaccinated against the disease.

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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2002-07-24)

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