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ETHIOPIAN FIELD EPIDEMIOLOGY AND LABORATORY TRAINING PROGRAM (EFETP)
Melaku Seyoum
Background: Measles is a highly contagious vaccine-preventable disease. Globally, in 2015, there were 254,928 cases and ~134,200 measles deaths. The aim of the investigation was to describe the magnitude of measles, to identify risk factors and to undertake control measures.
Methods: Unmatched case-control study was conducted from October 1-20, 2018 in Hudet woreda. The outbreak was confirmed by using serological laboratory test. Sample size were determined based on similar studies. On case-control study a total of 116 data were collected using structured questionnaire. We used WHO adopted national standard case definition to identify cases. All 358 cases were line listed. Bivariate and multivariate analysis was conducted using odd ratio with 95% confidence interval and P-value < 0.05 by using SPSS.
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