High number of hospitalisations and non-classical presentations: Lessons learned from a measles outbreak in 2017, Belgium
We describe and analyse an outbreak of measles that affected Belgium early 2017. In total, 289 cases were reported, mostly (53%) in people 15 years or older. For 133 (46%) vaccination status was unknown and a further 117 (41%) were not vaccinated. According to national guidelines, 83 of the unvaccinated cases (29% of total cases) should have received minimum one dose of vaccine, but did not. One in five cases (21%) did not present with the classical triad of fever, rash and any of coryza, conjunctivitis or cough. Rash was the most sensitive symptom, being absent in only six cases. A large prop... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2020 |
Schlagwörter: | Pathologie maladies infectieuses / Epidémiologie / Epidemiology / measles (rubeola) / notifiable infectious diseases / occupation-related infections / vaccine preventable diseases |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28957483 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/304994 |