Table 1 The characteristics of study population
From: Measles lessons in an anti-vaccination era: public health is a social duty, not a political option
Characteristics | Number of cases |
|---|---|
Patients | 66 |
Male gender | 33 |
Median Age (years) | 3.82 |
Age group (months) | |
1–15 | 29 |
> 15 | 37 |
Contact with source case | |
Yes | 27 |
No | 39 |
Mothers with measles | 13 |
Vaccination status | |
Ineligible (aged <15 months) | 29 |
No | 31 |
Yes (I dose) | 5 |
Unknown | 1 |
Length of hospital stay (days) | 7.42 |
Complications | 35 |
Acute respiratory insufficiency | 13 |
Hypertransaminasemia | 7 |
Pneumonia | 6 |
Encephalitis | 2 |
Death | 1 |
Others | 13 |
Therapy | |
Antibiotics | 33 |
Measles Immune Globulin intravenously | 2 |
Antiviral | 2 |