Epidemiology of Laboratory Confirmed Measles and Rubella Outbreaks in Rajasthan
Journal Title: National Journal of Community Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 9, Issue 8
Abstract
Introduction: Measles continues to be a major cause of childhood mor-bidity and mortality in India. The Measles & Rubella Initiative was launched in 2001 as a global part-nership program to strengthen sur-veillance for measles elimination. Objective: To determine the propor-tion of lab confirmed outbreaks by IgM ELISA and to describe the epi-demiology of Measles and Rubella outbreak in Rajasthan. Material and method: this observa-tional study was conducted at WHO Sub National Measles and rubella laboratory at a tertiary centre in Rajasthan. Samples from 112 suspected measles outbreaks from April 2015 to August 2016 were tested for measles and rubella IgM antibodies using WHO approved ELISA kits. Results: On lab confirmation, only 60% were found to be measles out-break, 17% were Rubella outbreak and 18% were mixed outbreak. 5% outbreaks were neither measles nor Rubella. Most cases were seen in dry months of February and April. Measles cases were found in rela-tively younger age as compared to Rubella. Most outbreaks were re-ported from few selected districts. Conclusion: Though most outbreaks are due to measles, Rubella alone or mixed outbreak are also common in Rajasthan, hence lab diagnosis is key for both Measles and Rubella is essential specially when targeting elimination and justifies inclusion of Rubella vaccine in National schedule.
Authors and Affiliations
Pooja Choudhary, Sushil Kumar Singh, Manoj Verma, Sunil Kumar
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP562283
- DOI -
- Views 94
- Downloads 0
A Study on Health Status of Urban School Children (7-18 Years): A School Based Cross Sectional Study
Background: School age is consid-ered as a dynamic period of growth and development because children undergo physical, mental, emotion-al and social changes. The health and nutritional status of school children is an ind...
Study to Assess Knowledge and Attitude towards Organ Donation among Interns and Post Graduates of a Medical College in Karnataka, India
Introduction: Health-care profes-sionals are the critical link in posi-tively influencing public awareness about organ donation. There is lim-ited research on awareness and atti-tude about organ donation among Postgradua...
Study of Feeding Practices and Vaccination Status Effect on Growth and Illness in Children of 6months to 2years
"Introduction: feeding practices and vaccination status are the major determinants of a child’s growth and nutritional well-being. Objective: is to identify the factors affecting the growth pattern and causing illnesses...
Case Fatality Rate among Septicemia Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Western India
Objective: The present study was carried out to study common sites of infection and organisms leading to sepsis commonly, to study various agents and host factors leading to sepsis and their prognostic im-portance and fa...
Physical Inactivity and Its Association with Hypertension in Adult Female Population of Srinagar, India: a Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study
Background: Prevalence of physical inactivity is rising in many coun-tries including the developing coun-tries like India, with major implica-tions for the general health of peo-ple.This study was carried out with an obj...