The impact of supplementary immunization activities on the epidemiology of measles in Tianjin, China.
The impact of supplementary immunization activities on the epidemiology of measles in Tianjin, China.
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补充免疫活动对中国天津市麻疹流行病学的影响。
DOI:
10.1016/j.ijid.2016.03.005
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2016
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Boulton,MatthewL
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作者:
Wagner,AbramL;Zhang,Ying;Mukherjee,Bhramar;Ding,Yaxing;Wells,EdenV;Boulton,MatthewL
ObjectivesChina has repeatedly used supplemental immunization activities (SIAs) to work towards measles elimination, but it is unknown if the SIAs are reaching non-locals – migrants from rural to urban areas. This study characterized temporal trends in measles incidence by local and non-local residency and evaluated the impact of SIAs on measles incidence in Tianjin, China.MethodsDaily measles case-counts were tabulated separately by residency. These two datasets were combined so that each day had two observations. Poisson regression was conducted using generalized estimating equations with an exchangeable working correlation structure to estimate rate ratios (RRs).ResultsThere were 12 465 measles cases in Tianjin over the 10-year period. The rate of measles was higher in non-locals than locals before the 2008 SIA (RR 3.60, 95% confidence interval (CI) 3.27–3.96), but this attenuated to a RR of 1.22 between the 2008 and 2010 SIAs (95% CI 1.02–1.45). Following the 2010 SIA, non-locals had a lower rate of measles (RR 0.78, 95% CI 0.69–0.87).ConclusionsThe disparity in measles incidence between locals and non-locals was reduced following two SIAs. Sustained public health interventions will be needed to maintain low measles incidence among non-locals given the ongoing migration of people throughout China.