Observational studyVirulence2020
Measles in Romania - clinical and epidemiological characteristics of hospitalized measles cases during the first three years of the 2016-ongoing epidemic.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Resurgent measles in Türkiye: predictors of severe disease in a nationwide paediatric cohort, 2023.European journal of pediatrics · 2025Article
- Risk Analysis of Measles Outbreaks in Bulgaria and Romania for the Period 2000 to 2023: A Comparative Study.Journal of epidemiology and global health · 2025Article
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- Ongoing measles outbreak in Romania: Clinical investigation and molecular epidemiology performed on whole genome sequences.PloS one · 2025Observational
- Incidence and Characteristics of Pediatric Patients with Acute Otitis Hospitalized in a Romanian Infectious Diseases Hospital.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- Evolving measles status and immunization policy development in six European countries.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2022Review
- Biological Profile and Clinical Features as Determinants for Prolonged Hospitalization in Adult Patients with Measles: A Monocentric Study in Western Romania.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Optional Vaccines in Children-Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices in Romanian Parents.Vaccines · 2022Article
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Abstract
A large measles epidemic has been ongoing in Romania and many European countries, since 2016. We report case-based surveillance data for all patients (n = 1371) with laboratory-confirmed and epidemiologically-confirmed measles hospitalized in a major infectious diseases hospital in Bucharest Romania during the first three years of the current measles epidemic (July 2016-July 2019). More than half of the patients (57.6%) had ages below 5 years; 6% (n = 82) had preexisting comorbidities. Only 1.5% of the patients had been fully vaccinated, 5.9% had received only one vaccine dose, while 92.8% had not been vaccinated at all against measles. The rate of measles-related complications was 93.4%; complications occurred more frequently among patients who were not eligible for vaccination due to young age or underlying diseases, and among children, who developed pneumonia and enterocolitis more frequently than adults. The median hospital length-of-stay was 6 days. Eight cases (0.6%) required intensive care and mechanical ventilation, and three deaths (0.2%) were recorded. Measles disproportionately affects patient groups who are not eligible for vaccination. During the current epidemic in Romania, 98.5% of the patients hospitalized for measles had not been vaccinated and among these, 75.7% would have been eligible for vaccination. For the remaining pool of unvaccinated children, supplementary immunization activities are urgently needed.
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