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12721910

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-4-30
pubmed:abstractText
Measles was the second leading cause of infant mortality in Tunisia prior to introduction of measles vaccination in 1979. The number of reported measles cases has decreased from 3007 in 1981 to 47 cases in 2000 due in part to the high coverage rates achieved after 1992. During 1998, a measles catch-up campaign vaccinated 1,846,657 children (95%) aged 6-16 years, and a follow-up campaign for children aged 9 months to 5 years in 2001 reached 547,766 (94%). During 1999-2001, 1717 cases of rash and fever illness were tested for measles; only 3 (0.2%) were positive for measles. From February to July 2002, an outbreak of measles involving 87 cases occurred in Tunisia in a health care setting and 56 (64%) patients were aged 15-30 years. The low number of laboratory-confirmed measles cases during 1999-2001 suggests endemic measles transmission may have been interrupted.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0022-1899
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
187 Suppl 1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
S172-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Progress toward interruption of endemic measles transmission in Tunisia.
pubmed:affiliation
Primary Health Care, Ministry of Public Health, Tunis, Tunisia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article