CLINICAL AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL FEATURES ON RE-EMERGENCE OF MEASLES IN GALATI COUNTY

CLINICAL AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL FEATURES ON RE-EMERGENCE OF MEASLES IN GALATI COUNTY

The current re-emergence of measles is a serious worldwide public health problem, favored by the decrease in vaccine coverage. Romania is noted for the highest number of illnesses and deaths in the European Union. The study analyzes the clinical-epidemiological characteristics of measles cases hos...

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Main Authors: Manuela Arbune, Liliana Baroiu, Gabriela Lupasteanu, Lucretia Anghel, Anca Arbune, Caterina Dumitru, Alina-Viorica Iancu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Amaltea Medical Publishing House 2019-12-01
Series:Romanian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
measles
vaccination
epidemic
Online Access:https://revistemedicale.amaltea.ro/Romanian_Journal_of_INFECTIOUS_DISEASES/Revista_Romana_de_BOLI_INFECTIOASE-2019-Nr.4/RJID_2019_4_EN_Art-02.pdf
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spelling doaj-54ad0e7ee5294c1c9cdd5d84e5cd028b2021-09-02T17:12:19ZengAmaltea Medical Publishing HouseRomanian Journal of Infectious Diseases1454-33892069-60512019-12-0122415415910.37897/RJID.2019.4.2CLINICAL AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL FEATURES ON RE-EMERGENCE OF MEASLES IN GALATI COUNTYManuela Arbune0Liliana Baroiu1Gabriela Lupasteanu2Lucretia Anghel3Anca Arbune4Caterina Dumitru5Alina-Viorica Iancu6Infectious Diseases Clinical Hospital, Galati, Romania; Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, "Dunarea de Jos" University, Galati, RomaniaInfectious Diseases Clinical Hospital, Galati, Romania; Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, "Dunarea de Jos" University, Galati, RomaniaInfectious Diseases Clinical Hospital, Galati, Romania; „Ovidius“ University, Constanta, RomaniaFaculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, "Dunarea de Jos" University, Galati, Romania; Emergency County Clinical Hospital, Galati, RomaniaFaculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, "Dunarea de Jos" University, Galati, Romania; Clinical Institute Fundeni, Bucharest, RomaniaInfectious Diseases Clinical Hospital, Galati, Romania; Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, "Dunarea de Jos" University, Galati, RomaniaInfectious Diseases Clinical Hospital, Galati, Romania; Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, "Dunarea de Jos" University, Galati, RomaniaThe current re-emergence of measles is a serious worldwide public health problem, favored by the decrease in vaccine coverage. Romania is noted for the highest number of illnesses and deaths in the European Union. The study analyzes the clinical-epidemiological characteristics of measles cases hospitalized in a county in south-eastern Romania, where the vaccine coverage with 2 doses of anti-measles vaccine is of 79.6%. We analyzed a number of 221 hospitalized cases confirmed with measles, according to the case definition, characterized by the predominance in unvaccinated infants, from the urban area, frequently diagnosed after the 4th day of illness, most of them with complicated forms of measles. https://revistemedicale.amaltea.ro/Romanian_Journal_of_INFECTIOUS_DISEASES/Revista_Romana_de_BOLI_INFECTIOASE-2019-Nr.4/RJID_2019_4_EN_Art-02.pdfmeaslesvaccinationepidemic
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Liliana Baroiu
Gabriela Lupasteanu
Lucretia Anghel
Anca Arbune
Caterina Dumitru
Alina-Viorica Iancu
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Liliana Baroiu
Gabriela Lupasteanu
Lucretia Anghel
Anca Arbune
Caterina Dumitru
Alina-Viorica Iancu
CLINICAL AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL FEATURES ON RE-EMERGENCE OF MEASLES IN GALATI COUNTY
Romanian Journal of Infectious Diseases
measles
vaccination
epidemic
author_facet Manuela Arbune
Liliana Baroiu
Gabriela Lupasteanu
Lucretia Anghel
Anca Arbune
Caterina Dumitru
Alina-Viorica Iancu
author_sort Manuela Arbune
title CLINICAL AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL FEATURES ON RE-EMERGENCE OF MEASLES IN GALATI COUNTY
title_short CLINICAL AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL FEATURES ON RE-EMERGENCE OF MEASLES IN GALATI COUNTY
title_full CLINICAL AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL FEATURES ON RE-EMERGENCE OF MEASLES IN GALATI COUNTY
title_fullStr CLINICAL AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL FEATURES ON RE-EMERGENCE OF MEASLES IN GALATI COUNTY
title_full_unstemmed CLINICAL AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL FEATURES ON RE-EMERGENCE OF MEASLES IN GALATI COUNTY
title_sort clinical and epidemiological features on re-emergence of measles in galati county
publisher Amaltea Medical Publishing House
series Romanian Journal of Infectious Diseases
issn 1454-3389
2069-6051
publishDate 2019-12-01
description The current re-emergence of measles is a serious worldwide public health problem, favored by the decrease in vaccine coverage. Romania is noted for the highest number of illnesses and deaths in the European Union. The study analyzes the clinical-epidemiological characteristics of measles cases hospitalized in a county in south-eastern Romania, where the vaccine coverage with 2 doses of anti-measles vaccine is of 79.6%. We analyzed a number of 221 hospitalized cases confirmed with measles, according to the case definition, characterized by the predominance in unvaccinated infants, from the urban area, frequently diagnosed after the 4th day of illness, most of them with complicated forms of measles.
topic measles
vaccination
epidemic
url https://revistemedicale.amaltea.ro/Romanian_Journal_of_INFECTIOUS_DISEASES/Revista_Romana_de_BOLI_INFECTIOASE-2019-Nr.4/RJID_2019_4_EN_Art-02.pdf
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