Mortality among primary and secondary cases of measles in Bangladesh
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| DC Field | Value | Language |
|---|---|---|
| dc.contributor.author | Koster, Frederick T. | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-08-21T08:15:26Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2014-08-21T08:15:26Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 1988 | - |
| dc.identifier.citation | Rev Infect Dis 1988 Mar-Apr;10(2):471-3 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/5313 | - |
| dc.description.abstract | Data were reviewed from an intensive 1975-1976 survey in two Bangladeshi villages that experienced a high incidence of measles. Mortality among secondary cases (four of 50, 8.0%) was significantly higher than that among primary cases (six of 290, 2.1%). In every case in which there was a death in a household with more than one case, it was the youngest patient who died. All children with secondary cases who died had a pre-illness weight-for-height status above the population mean. Measles mortality in Bangladesh appears to be determined by three factors: age, superinfections, and having a secondary case. The last two factors may be due to increased intrafamilial exposure to both the measles virus and the superinfecting pathogens | en |
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| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | - |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.subject | Measles | en |
| dc.subject | Nutritional status | en |
| dc.subject | Retrospective studies | en |
| dc.subject | Bangladesh | en |
| dc.title | Mortality among primary and secondary cases of measles in Bangladesh | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |
| Appears in Collections: | A. Original papers | |
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