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Am J Trop Med Hyg ; 85(2): 379-85, 2011 Aug.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21813862

ABSTRACT

Acute meningoencephalitis syndrome surveillance was initiated in three medical college hospitals in Bangladesh in October 2007 to identify Japanese encephalitis (JE) cases. We estimated the population-based incidence of JE in the three hospitals' catchment areas by adjusting the hospital-based crude incidence of JE by the proportion of catchment area meningoencephalitis cases who were admitted to surveillance hospitals. Instead of a traditional house-to-house survey, which is expensive for a disease with low frequency, we attempted a novel approach to identify meningoencephalitis cases in the hospital catchment area through social networks among the community residents. The estimated JE incidence was 2.7/100,000 population in Rajshahi (95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.8-4.9), 1.4 in Khulna (95% CI = 0.9-4.1), and 0.6 in Chittagong (95% CI = 0.4-0.9). Bangladesh should consider a pilot project to introduce JE vaccine in high-incidence areas.


Subject(s)
Encephalitis, Japanese/epidemiology , Adolescent , Bangladesh/epidemiology , Child , Child, Preschool , Female , Hospitals , Humans , Incidence , Male , Population Surveillance/methods , Public Health/economics
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J Infect Dis ; 204 Suppl 1: S414-20, 2011 Jul.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21666193

ABSTRACT

Despite recommendations from WHO to conduct measles outbreak response vaccination campaigns based on the age distribution of cases at the beginning of an outbreak, few data exist to specifically examine whether the age distribution of cases remains constant over time in a measles outbreak. This analysis explores this question with use of measles outbreak surveillance data from Bangladesh from the period 2004-2006. Pearson χ(2) tests were conducted of age distributions over 2 periods during 41 large laboratory-confirmed measles outbreaks. Statistically significant changes in age distribution over time were observed in 24% of the outbreaks. No single pattern was detected in the shifts in age distribution; however, an increase in the proportion of cases occurring among infants <9 months of age was evident in 6 outbreaks. These findings suggest a need to consider the possibility of a shift in the age distribution over time when planning an outbreak response vaccination campaign.


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Disease Outbreaks , Measles/epidemiology , Adolescent , Age Distribution , Bangladesh/epidemiology , Child , Child, Preschool , Humans , Infant , Measles/prevention & control , Measles Vaccine/administration & dosage , Population Surveillance , Time Factors
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Vaccine ; 28(3): 858-63, 2010 Jan 08.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19716458

ABSTRACT

The Government of Bangladesh and WHO collaborated in a retrospective vaccine wastage study to estimate overall vaccine wastage rates from January to December 2004 for BCG, measles, DTP and TT. Researchers looked at vaccine distribution and usage patterns in randomly selected districts at both fixed (Upazila) and outreach (Ward) service delivery levels. Wastage was similar at both delivery levels but ranged widely among the sites. Average rates were highest for BCG (84.9%, range 55-93%) and measles (69.7%, range 28-86%) and lower for TT (35.5%, range 10-73%) and DTP (44.4%, range 16-77%). Wastage resulted primarily from opened vials at the ward level but this was reduced at fixed sites where the multi-dose vial policy is followed. A large proportion (30-38%) of records were excluded from the analytic vaccine-specific databases due to data recording errors, mismatches between Ward and Upazila databases, or missing data. The study's results may provide methodological and programmatic guidance for other countries in addressing vaccine wastage issues.


Subject(s)
Drug Utilization Review , Drug Utilization/statistics & numerical data , Vaccines/therapeutic use , Bangladesh , Humans , Infant , Infant, Newborn , Retrospective Studies , World Health Organization
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