Biomaterial Database

[Measles surveillance in Belgium 1982-1989]. 1990

J Van der Veken

Instituut voor Hygiene en Epidemiologie, Dienst Epidemiologie, Brussel.

Since 1982, a network of general practitioners registers measles in Belgium. The trend is notably downwards in the whole country, but significantly more in the Flemish region than in Wallonia. A possible explanation is the lower vaccination coverage in Wallonia. In Flanders this coverage for persons under 20 years old is estimated at 65%. On the contrary in Wallonia it is no higher than 37%. For the country as a whole, the vaccination coverage is calculated at 48%. Moreover this type of registration allows an estimation of the severity of the illness by recording complication and hospitalization rates. Fifteen percent of the cases under 20 years old presented a complication, while 1.6% of the cases were hospitalized.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007223	Infant	A child between 1 and 23 months of age.	Infants
D008457	Measles	A highly contagious infectious disease caused by MORBILLIVIRUS, common among children but also seen in the nonimmune of any age, in which the virus enters the respiratory tract via droplet nuclei and multiplies in the epithelial cells, spreading throughout the MONONUCLEAR PHAGOCYTE SYSTEM.	Rubeola
D008458	Measles Vaccine	A live attenuated virus vaccine of chick embryo origin, used for routine immunization of children and for immunization of adolescents and adults who have not had measles or been immunized with live measles vaccine and have no serum antibodies against measles. Children are usually immunized with measles-mumps-rubella combination vaccine. (From Dorland, 28th ed)	Vaccine, Measles
D011159	Population Surveillance	Ongoing scrutiny of a population (general population, study population, target population, etc.), generally using methods distinguished by their practicability, uniformity, and frequently their rapidity, rather than by complete accuracy.	Surveillance, Population
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D002675	Child, Preschool	A child between the ages of 2 and 5.	Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D005194	Family Practice	A medical specialty concerned with the provision of continuing, comprehensive primary health care for the entire family.	Family Practices,Practice, Family,Practices, Family
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293	Adolescent	A person 13 to 18 years of age.	Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D001530	Belgium	A country in Western Europe, bordering the North Sea, between France and the Netherlands. The capital is Brussels.