The measles epidemic trend over the past 30 years in a central district in Shanghai, China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Measles vaccination over the past 50 years has greatly reduced the incidence of measles. However, measles among migrants and the resulting changes in epidemiological characteristics have brought new challenges to the elimination of measles. We aim to describe the measles epidemic trend over the past 30 years in a central district in Shanghai, China.

Methods

The present study was conducted in the Jing'an District, which is located in the center of Shanghai. Based on historical surveillance data of measles, we calculated the incidence of measles among local residents and migrants separately. Next, we classified all of the cases of the measles among local residents between 1984 and 2015 into 8 age groups and 5 birth cohorts. Finally, we calculated the measles inciden

SUBMITTER: Gao J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5480882 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature