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Spatial clustering of measles cases during endemic (1998–2002) and epidemic (2010) periods in Lusaka, Zambia

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Infectious Diseases, March 2015
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Title
Spatial clustering of measles cases during endemic (1998–2002) and epidemic (2010) periods in Lusaka, Zambia
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BMC Infectious Diseases, March 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12879-015-0842-y
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Jessie Pinchoff, James Chipeta, Gibson Chitundu Banda, Samuel Miti, Timothy Shields, Frank Curriero, William John Moss

Abstract

Measles cases may cluster in densely populated urban centers in sub-Saharan Africa as susceptible individuals share spatially dependent risk factors and may cluster among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected children despite high vaccination coverage. Children hospitalized with measles at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) in Lusaka, Zambia were enrolled in the study. The township of residence was recorded on the questionnaire and mapped; SaTScan software was used for cluster detection. A spatial-temporal scan statistic was used to investigate clustering of measles in children hospitalized during an endemic period (1998 to 2002) and during the 2010 measles outbreak in Lusaka, Zambia. Three sequential and spatially contiguous clusters of measles cases were identified during the 2010 outbreak but no clustering among HIV-infected children was identified. In contrast, a space-time cluster among HIV-infected children was identified during the endemic period. This cluster occurred prior to the introduction of intensive measles control efforts and during a period between seasonal peaks in measles incidence. Prediction and early identification of spatial clusters of measles will be critical to achieving measles elimination. HIV infection may contribute to spatial clustering of measles cases in some epidemiological settings.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 1 1%
Unknown 74 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 23 31%
Researcher 14 19%
Student > Ph. D. Student 9 12%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 5%
Student > Bachelor 3 4%
Other 8 11%
Unknown 14 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 22 29%
Nursing and Health Professions 10 13%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 6 8%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 4%
Mathematics 3 4%
Other 15 20%
Unknown 16 21%
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#12,604,372
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#2,852
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#113,411
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#42
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