Open AccessReporting measles case fatality due to complications from a tertiary care hospital of Kolkata, West Bengal 2011-2013
Author(s) -
Pallavi Indwar,
Falguni Debnath,
Arijit Sinha
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/2249-4863.201161
Subject(s) - medicine , west bengal , measles , case fatality rate , tertiary care , bengal , pediatrics , emergency medicine , medical emergency , environmental health , virology , socioeconomics , vaccination , population , civil engineering , bay , sociology , engineering
Measles is affecting millions of people in the developing countries particularly in India with significant morbidity and responsible for thousands of death in spite of having a safe, effective, and cheap vaccine. Pulmonary complications account for 90% measles-related death. The objectives of this study were to describe age distribution, clinical features, complications, and clinical outcomes of measles cases in a referral infectious disease hospital of West Bengal.