Assessment about the measles elimination from cases and outbreaks, 2002-2007: Assessment about the measles elimination / 소아과

ABSTRACT

PURPOSE: We assessed about the measles elimination in Korea according to analyzing national data on measles cases for 2002-2007. METHODS: We estimated the effective reproduction number according to the proportion of imported cases and outbreak size. RESULTS: Eleven cases, thirteen cases, six cases, six cases, 25 cases (60.0% were linked to 1 outbreak of 15 cases), and 180 cases (55.6% were linked 11 outbreaks of 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 5, 9, 9, 12, 50 cases) were reported in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007, respectively. In 2002-2007, R is 0.95 by imported case and 0.43 by outbreak sizes. In 2007, multiple chains of transmission occurred in hospital. Most of cases were below 4 ages and unvaccinated. We didn't find most of the infection source. CONCLUSION: We should prevent outbreak of susceptibility pocket like nosocomial infection, conduct reliable routine surveillance and epidemiological investigation to solve a problem of the measles elimination.