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  • Title: Assessment of measles incidence, measles-related complications and hospitalisations during an outbreak in a southern Italian region.
    Author: Ciofi Degli Atti ML, Filia A, Massari M, Pizzuti R, Nicoletti L, D'Argenzio A, de Campora E, Marchi A, Lombardo A, Salmaso S, SPES Study Group.
    Journal: Vaccine; 2006 Feb 27; 24(9):1332-8. PubMed ID: 16219394.
    Abstract:
    A large measles epidemic occurred in 2002 in Campania, a region of southern Italy with inadequate vaccination coverage. We evaluated the burden of the outbreak in children <15 years of age using different data sources. The measles standardized incidence rate was 5,757/100,000, corresponding to 63,368 estimated cases (95% CI: 59,544--67,373). Measles virus strains were identified as belonging to the D7 genotype. The estimated complication rate was 7.6%. A total of 972 measles hospitalisations were detected, giving a hospitalisation rate of 88.3/100,000. Three deaths occurred. These results show that measles can still represent a serious health threat even in industrialized countries.
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