Risk factors for measles deaths among children during a Nationwide measles outbreak - Romania, 2016-2018.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Case fatality ratio (CFR) among all age groups during the 2016-2018 measles outbreak in Romania was increased compared with previous outbreaks. To identify risk factors for measles death, we conducted a case-control study among infants and children hospitalized for measles.

Methods

National surveillance data were used to identify hospitalized cases of laboratory-confirmed or epidemiologically linked measles in infants and children aged < 59 months with rash onset from January 2016 to July 2018. We abstracted medical records of 50 fatal cases ("cases") and 250 non-fatal cases ("controls") matched by age, sex, district of residence, and urban/rural place of residence. We calculated univariable and multivariable matched odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (

SUBMITTER: Donadel M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7976682 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature