Department of Infectious Diseases, University Clinical Hospital Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Bosn J Basic Med Sci. 2019 Aug 20;19(3):210-212. doi: 10.17305/bjbms.2019.4266.
Measles is a highly contagious and communicable viral disease which may be prevented by a sustained vaccination program. Due to missed vaccination, two major epidemics of measles (1997-1999 and 2014-2015) have been recorded after the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BH) with over 10,000 patients registered. According to the World Health Organization, BH is categorized as a country with endemic transmission of measles. The last measles epidemic was between 2014 and 2015, with 5,083 documented patients in the Federation of BH. In the first four months of 2019, more than 700 measles cases were registered in the same region. Significant transmission rate has been observed in Sarajevo Canton (SC) with 570 documented measles cases. Out of 570 measles cases in SC, 92.5% were unvaccinated. The most affected were children up to 6 years of age (62.8%), with one documented case of death (7-month old infant). In addition to this report, we discussed key stakeholders and possible circumstances responsible for the epidemic. The measles epidemic is still ongoing.
麻疹是一种高度传染性和可传播的病毒性疾病，可以通过持续的疫苗接种计划来预防。由于疫苗接种失误，在波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那（波黑）战后，记录了两次大规模的麻疹疫情（1997-1999 年和 2014-2015 年），登记的患者超过 10000 人。根据世界卫生组织的说法，波黑被归类为麻疹地方性传播的国家。最后一次麻疹疫情发生在 2014 年至 2015 年期间，在波黑联邦有 5083 例确诊患者。在 2019 年的前四个月，同一地区登记了超过 700 例麻疹病例。在萨拉热窝州（SC）观察到了显著的传播率，有 570 例确诊的麻疹病例。在 SC 的 570 例麻疹病例中，92.5%的病例未接种疫苗。受影响最严重的是 6 岁以下的儿童（62.8%），有一例死亡病例（7 个月大的婴儿）。除了这份报告，我们还讨论了导致疫情的关键利益相关者和可能的情况。麻疹疫情仍在继续。
