Vaccine effectiveness and risk factors associated with measles among children presenting to the hospitals of karachi, Pakistan. | [Journal of College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP • 2014]

Author(s):

1. Aysha Zahidie: Department of Community Health Sciences, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

2. Saba Wasim: Department of Community Health Sciences, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

3. Zafar Fatmi: Department of Community Health Sciences, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

Abstract:

Objective: To determine the risk factors regarding guardian`s practices associated with development of Measles and also find out effectiveness of Measles vaccine among children less than 12 years of age presenting to the hospitals of Karachi. Study Design: Matched case control study. Place and Duration of Study: Multicenter surveillance was conducted in 11 public and private sector hospitals of Karachi from January 2011 to September 2012 in consultation with World Health Organization Measles Surveillance Cell. Methodology: Cases were children aged less than 12 years with Measles presenting to the hospitals. Controls for cases were enrolled from the same hospitals without Measles, matched for age and gender. Studied variables were analyzed by multivariate conditional logistic regression analysis adjusted for age and gender. Results: Measles cases were more likely to have mothers with `lower education` [adjusted matched Odds Ratio or mOR: 3.2 (95% CI: 1.2 - 7.6), for

Page(s): 882-888

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Published: Journal: Journal of College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP, Volume: 24, Issue: 12, Year: 2014

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