Outbreak of measles amongst vaccinated children in a slum of Chandigarh
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Sharma, Bhatia, Swami
Outbreak of measles amongst vaccinated children in a slum of Chandigarh
Indian J Med Sci. 2004 Feb;58(2):47-53.
This study was conducted to investigate and assess various epidemiological features associated with measles outbreak. It covered 484 homes with 1130 children upto the age of 14 years.
An outbreak of measles was reported from a slum, Chandigarh, India in April 2003. Three cases of measles were admitted in hospital and reported to the Dept. of Community Medicine for an outbreak investigation.
Among 1130 children, 58 suffered from measles. Out of these 58, 19 (32.76%) had received a single dose of measles vaccination in the past.
Measles immunisation coverage was 54.87% in the age group of 0-14 years and 55.09% in the age group of 9 months to 3 years.
Measles complications were present in 12 (20.03%) cases; with diarrhoea in 4, pneumonia in 3, otitis media in 3 and encephalitis in 2.
"Among 58 measles cases, the Vitamin A supplementation was recorded lower i.e. 10.34% in comparison to the 1072 children without measles where 30.5% had received Vitamin A solution. (Table 4) Overall only 29.47% of the study children had received Vitamin A supplementation. A highly significant relationship (P<0.001) was observed between Vitamin A supplementation and measles cases."
