Epidemiology of Measles Cases in South Darfur State, Sudan, 2011-2015

Case-based surveillance measles data was defined according to World Health Organization （WHO） guidelines. A total of 511 measles cases were studied from 2011 to 2015 in Southern Darfur State, Sudan and 58.1% of cases were confirmed from Nyala city. About 43.4% of cases were males, 56.6% of cases wer...

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Published in:Biomedical and environmental sciences 2017-12, Vol.30 (12), p.917-921
Main Authors: TAHA, Hussein Musa, REHAB, Ibrahim Kambo, ABDELKAREEM, Abdallah Ahmed, HASSAN, Hussein Musa
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Infant
Male
Measles - epidemiology
Measles - prevention & control
Sudan - epidemiology
Vaccination
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Summary:Case-based surveillance measles data was defined according to World Health Organization （WHO） guidelines. A total of 511 measles cases were studied from 2011 to 2015 in Southern Darfur State, Sudan and 58.1% of cases were confirmed from Nyala city. About 43.4% of cases were males, 56.6% of cases were female, and 47.7% were children under five years old. Similarity, within February to June, the cases increased by 8.0% in children vaccinated through measles campaign, and 5.3% in children that used child vaccination card and 78.7% in unvaccinated one.
ISSN:0895-3988
2214-0190
DOI:10.3967/bes2017.123