The Susceptibility to Other Infectious Diseases Following Measles During a Three Year Observation Period in Switzerland
The Susceptibility to Other Infectious Diseases Following Measles During a Three Year Observation Period in Switzerland
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DOI:
10.1097/inf.0000000000002599
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发表时间:
2020-06-01
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
Heininger, Ulrich
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作者:
Behrens, Lynn;Cherry, James D.;Heininger, Ulrich
Background:Measles virus infection leads to significant immunosuppression. In developing countries, this translates to an increased nonspecific mortality, whereas its effects in developed countries are less clear.Methods:We performed a cohort study to investigate whether children hospitalized with measles (cases) between 2000 and 2015 in Switzerland would have a higher frequency of hospital admissions due to other infectious diseases thereafter than children who did not have measles (controls). Cases were identified by ICD-10 discharge diagnoses for measles and/or keyword search and matched to 2 controls by time of hospitalization, age and sex. All hospitalizations