Trends of measles in Nineveh governorate in 2015

Abstract

Abstract Background: Measles is a highly contagious viral infection affect mainly children, the main symptoms and signs are fever, cough, runny nose and red eyes (conjunctivitis) Koplik's spots and red flat rash.

Aim and Objective: To describe the trends and distributions of measles in the population of Nineveh governorate in Mosul city and to estimate the frequency of clinical features of measles among study population, and to estimate the difference in a rate of infection according to sex and age between males and females , also to estimate the ratio of vaccinated patients with measles to the unvaccinated.

Patients and Methods: during the period between 1st February to the 30t1' of April 2015 we made a case series study of 84 patients collected of different ages and sexes admitted to Al-Shefaa Hospital in Mosul city.

Results : The distribution of measles in Nineveh governorate was twice in males than females and regarding to the age, the highest rate of infection was found in children within 1-5 years and the least rate of infection was found in adults whose age between 15-45 years (3.6%). Conclusion: Measles affect males more than females, Measles affect the age between 1-5 years most of the patients infected by Measles having no history of vaccination, the complications of Measles are more severe in Adults.