Table 3

Reported measles cases and attack rate by BES target age groups


Maputo City 1998
Manica District 2002
Gondola District 2002

Age group (months)
N (%)
AR
N (%)
AR
N (%)
AR
< 9
80 (22)
24
14 (12)
27
15 (11)
24
9–23 Vaccinated
50 (14)
15
6 (5)
7
26 (19)
52
9–23 non-vaccinated
51 (14)
86
26 (21)
481
35 (26)
120
≥ 24
179 (50)
2
75 (62)
5
59 (44)
3
Total
360
4
121
7
135
7

Source: BES (Epidemic Weekly Bulletin).

AR: Attack Rate = Number of measles cases reported/Target population × 10.000

Jani et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2006 6:29   doi:10.1186/1471-2334-6-29