| dc.contributor.author |
Godoy i García, Pere |
| dc.contributor.author |
Domínguez, A. |
| dc.contributor.author |
Salleras, L. |
| dc.date |
2016-01-14T10:03:38Z |
| dc.date |
2016-01-14T10:03:38Z |
| dc.date |
1999 |
| dc.identifier |
0042-9686 |
| dc.identifier |
http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/49307 |
| dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/49307 |
| dc.description |
The study reports incidences of measles in Catalonia, Spain, as detected by surveillance, and analyses the speci®c
characteristics of the outbreaks reported for the period 1986±95. Incidences per 100 000 inhabitants were
calculated for the period 1971±95. The following variables were studied: year of presentation, number of cases,
median age, transmission setting, cases with a record of vaccination and preventable cases. Associations between
variables were determined using odds ratios (OR). The incidence of measles declined from 306.3 cases in 1971 to
30.9 in 1995. A total of 50 outbreaks were investigated. The outbreaks that occurred in the last two years of the
study had a higher likelihood of having a transmission setting other than primary school (OR = 3.9); a median case
age > 10 years (OR = 7.2); and fewer than 6 cases (OR = 2.3). The characteristics of recent outbreaks, marked by a
rise both in transmission outside the primary-school setting and in median age, indicate the need for the introduction
of a speci®c vaccination programme at the end of adolescence in addition to control of school-related outbreaks. |
| dc.language |
eng |
| dc.publisher |
World Health Organization |
| dc.relation |
Reproducció del document publicat a http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10083711 |
| dc.relation |
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 1999, vol. 77, núm. 2, p. 132-137 |
| dc.rights |
cc-by (c) Godoy et al., 1999 |
| dc.rights |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ |
| dc.rights |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| dc.title |
Measles: effect of a two-dose vaccination programme in Catalonia, Spain |
| dc.type |
article |
| dc.type |
publishedVersion |
