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November 28-29, 2016 Valencia, Spain
4th World Congress on
Infection Prevention and Control
Volume 4, Issue 8 (Suppl) J Infect Dis Ther 2016
ISSN: 2332-0877, JIDT an open access journal Infection Control 2016
November 28-29, 2016
Henrieta Hudeckova et al., J Infect Dis Ther 2016, 4:8 (Suppl)
Measles elimination in Slovakia related to mass vaccination
Henrieta Hudeckova, Veronika Szaboova, Jana Zibolenova, Martin Novak and Viera Svihrova
Comenius University, Slovakia
Measles is one of the most contagious diseases known affecting respiratory system. Currently measles is eliminated in Slovakia
since 1999. In this period, they were recorded only as imported and import-related cases. Our objectives were to describe
the impact of vaccination strategy on measles incidence at national and regional levels and to assess the risk factors for measles
infection. Our work is retrospective review of measles cases reported since January 1969 to December 2015. Measles reported cases
are based on the standard criteria of ECDC. The data on morbidity were collected from the Epidemiological Information System of
the Slovak Republic and data on the vaccination (according to the years of birth and the number of doses: MCV1 and MCV2) from
the annual reports of administrative control of vaccination coverage. This study covers and compares periods: 1969-1984 (beginning
of vaccination and its balance), 1985-1999 (decrease of endemic cases) and 2000-2015 (elimination of measles). The incidence of
measles decreased during 1969-2015 mainly in the first (reported 108,091 cases; 145.4/100000) and second (reported 2,474 cases;
3.1/100000) period. In the third period only 23 import and import-related cases were reported. The highest age specific incidence was
in the age group 0-4. The vaccination coverage was at the highest level (98-99%) in the long term, in the last three children cohorts
(born in 2011, 2012 & 2013) decrease to 96.8-93.9%. Our analysis showed the positive impact of vaccination on the epidemiological
situation and increase of anti-vaccination activities and risk population (Romany population and migrants).
This work was supported by the Slovak Research and Development Support Agency under the Contract No. APVV-0096-12
(EPIBIOMAT).
Biography
Henrieta Hudeckovais affiliated to the Comenius University, Slovakia.