Measles outbreak in Bulgaria: poor maternal educational attainment as a risk factor for medical complications | Zendy

T.-A. Lim | Zendy; Lena Marinova | Zendy; Mira Kojouharova | Zendy; Svetla Tsolova | Zendy; Jan C. Semenza | Zendy

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Measles outbreak in Bulgaria: poor maternal educational attainment as a risk factor for medical complications

Author(s) -

T.-A. Lim,

Lena Marinova,

Mira Kojouharova,

Svetla Tsolova,

Jan C. Semenza

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

european journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056

H-Index - 91

eISSN - 1464-360X

pISSN - 1101-1262

DOI - 10.1093/eurpub/cks182

Subject(s) - measles , outbreak , medicine , risk factor , environmental health , educational attainment , pediatrics , protective factor , vaccination , virology , economic growth , economics

An 8-year era of interrupted indigenous measles transmission in Bulgaria came to an end in April 2009 when a large epidemic occurred that would eventually claim 24,253 cases and 24 deaths; infants, children and young adults of the Roma community were disproportionally affected. Compared with Western Europe, case-fatality rate and proportion of medical complications were uncharacteristically high.

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