Journal of Isfahan Medical School

Journal of Isfahan Medical School

The Status of Iran Measles Surveillance System in 2014

Document Type : Letter to Editor

Authors
Salman Khazaei 1
Hamid Salehiniya 2
Reza Pakzad 3
Abdollah Mohammadian-Hafshejani 4
1 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
2 Researcher, Minimally Invasive Surgery Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences AND PhD Student, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3 PhD Student, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
4 Epidemiologist, Department of Social Medicine, School of Medicine, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan AND PhD Candidate, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
The results showed success of the health system to detect suspected cases of the measles and appropriate sampling from suspected cases that were more than expected. In addition, per every one million population of Iran in 2014, 1.27 of cases of measles were reported; that a numbers of confirmed cases observed in Afghan refugees. Low levels of immunization coverage in eastern neighboring countries and high immigration to Iran, are the main challenge of measles elimination in Iran. The gradual accumulation of susceptible individuals, due to lack of proper vaccination or failure to respond to immunization, may underlie the development of outbreaks of measles in Iran.
Keywords
Measles
Surveillance system
Iran
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Journal of Isfahan Medical School
Volume 33, Issue 349 - Serial Number 349
July and August 2015
Pages 1487-1490

  • Receive Date 12 April 2015
  • Accept Date 06 April 2022