RESUMEN
The objective of this study was to characterize the epidemiology of varicella and varicella-associated complications in Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates (UAE) during 2000-04. The annual number of reported cases varied from 373 to 790 per 100 000 population. Most (89%) occurred in children < 15 years old. Of 187 children requiring hospital admission, 50.3% had febrile illness due to secondary bacterial infection and 17.6% had neurological complications. The overall mortality rate among hospitalized children was 1.1%, all due to invasive group A Streptococcus. Varicella and associated complications in previously healthy children is becoming an important clinical and public health problem in the UAE.
Asunto(s)
Varicela/complicaciones , Varicela/epidemiología , Protección a la Infancia/estadística & datos numéricos , Costo de Enfermedad , Adolescente , Distribución por Edad , Enfermedades del Sistema Nervioso Central/virología , Distribución de Chi-Cuadrado , Varicela/prevención & control , Niño , Preescolar , Fiebre/virología , Mortalidad Hospitalaria , Hospitalización/estadística & datos numéricos , Humanos , Incidencia , Lactante , Recién Nacido , Vigilancia de la Población , Estaciones del Año , Estadísticas no Paramétricas , Infecciones Estreptocócicas/virología , Streptococcus pyogenes , Sobreinfección/virología , Emiratos Árabes Unidos/epidemiologíaRESUMEN
The objective of this study was to characterize the epidemiology of varicella and varicella associated complications in Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates [UAE] during 2000-04. The annual number of reported cases varied from 373 to 790 per 100 000 population. Most [89%] occurred in children < 15 years old. Of 187 children requiring hospital admission, 50.3% had febrile illness due to secondary bacterial infection and 17.6% had neurological complications. The overall mortality rate among hospitalized children was 1.1%, all due to invasive group A Streptococcus. Varicella and associated complications in previously healthy children is becoming an important clinical and public health problem in the UAE