[Analyses on the risk factors of Measles in Anhui province during 1998 and 1999].
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the measures targeting measles control.


METHODS
Measles cases were studied serologically under AFP surveillance system.


RESULTS
The incidence was 1.36/100 000 in 1999. The incidence of children under 5 was 3.65/100 000, with 84.00% and 87.49% reduction, as compared with the incidence in 1991 and 1997 before intensified vaccination campaigns in children aged 1 - 6. The indicators of surveillance showed an improvement in 1999 than that in 1998.


CONCLUSIONS
Training for health staff at county, township, vallage levels played an important role in improving the sensibility and timeliness of measles surveillance system. Routine immunization is a key element in curbing measles outbreaks and reducing measles incidence.
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Anhui Anti-epidemic Station, Hefei 230061, China.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008457:Measles / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D013997:Time Factors