Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates.
East Mediterr Health J. 2009 Jul-Aug;15(4):800-6.
The objective of this study was to characterize the epidemiology of varicella and varicella-associated complications in Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates (UAE) during 2000-04. The annual number of reported cases varied from 373 to 790 per 100 000 population. Most (89%) occurred in children < 15 years old. Of 187 children requiring hospital admission, 50.3% had febrile illness due to secondary bacterial infection and 17.6% had neurological complications. The overall mortality rate among hospitalized children was 1.1%, all due to invasive group A Streptococcus. Varicella and associated complications in previously healthy children is becoming an important clinical and public health problem in the UAE.
本研究旨在描述 2000-04 年阿联酋艾因（Al-Ain）水痘和水痘相关并发症的流行病学特征。报告病例的年发病率为每 10 万人 373 至 790 例。大多数（89%）发生在<15 岁的儿童中。在 187 名需要住院治疗的儿童中，50.3%因继发细菌感染而出现发热性疾病，17.6%出现神经系统并发症。住院儿童的总体死亡率为 1.1%，均归因于侵袭性 A 组链球菌。在阿联酋，既往健康儿童的水痘和相关并发症正成为一个重要的临床和公共卫生问题。
