title: Epidemiological study of measles in Ghazvin, Islamic Republic of Iran, April 1997-April 2003.
abstract: We studied measles incidence and morbidity in Ghazvin district by retrospective review of cases registered at the central health office and admitted to two hospital in Ghazvin city during April 1997-April 2003. There were 824 clinically confirmed cases of measles over the 6-year period giving a mean annual incidence of 18.67 per 100 000 population, higher than for the country generally. There were no deaths from measles. Of the 824 cases, 591 (71.1%) had serum specimens for serological analysis and 199 (24.3%) were confirmed serologically. Of the serologically confirmed cases, the greatest proportion (44.2%) were over 20 years (median age was 17.5 years), 54.5% had been in contact with a measles case and 21.6% cases had received 2 doses of vaccine. We studied 33 serologically confirmed hospitalized cases. Common complications were vomiting (45.5%), diarrhoea (42.4%) and pneumonia (21.2%). The mean duration of hospitalization was 3.8 days.
authors.affiliation: Boalisina Hospital of Ghazvin City, Ghazvin, Islamic Republic of Iran.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Asefzadeh
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Peyrovian
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D016021:Epidemiologic Studies; D005260:Female; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008457:Measles / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control; D009017:Morbidity; D011024:Pneumonia, Viral / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D017678:Sex Distribution; D014504:Urban Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014611:Vaccination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014839:Vomiting / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology