Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK.
Tropical and Infectious Diseases Unit, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK.
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2020 Sep 1;114(9):635-638. doi: 10.1093/trstmh/traa048.
In 2018, a large mumps epidemic coincided with an outbreak of diphtheria in refugee camps established in Bangladesh for the Rohingya people. These refugees did not receive a mumps-containing vaccine.
Cases of mumps were reported to the WHO's Early Warning, Alert and Response System (EWARS) during the Rohingya refugee crisis. The authors present amalgamated epidemiological data of a major, previously under-reported, mumps epidemic.
In total, 19 215 mumps cases across a total of 218 facilities were reported to EWARS during 2018. The attack rate was 2.1% of the whole population. Of these cases, 7687 (40%) were in children aged <5 y. Mumps was more commonly seen among males than females.
Detailed reporting of outbreaks of all vaccine-preventable diseases is essential to ensure appropriate vaccination decisions can be made in future humanitarian crises.
2018 年，在为罗兴亚人在孟加拉国建立的难民营中，麻疹疫情与白喉疫情同时爆发。这些难民没有接种含麻疹疫苗。
在罗兴亚难民危机期间，世界卫生组织（WHO）的早期预警、警报和反应系统（EWARS）报告了麻疹病例。作者呈现了一次重大的、以前报告不足的麻疹疫情的综合流行病学数据。
2018 年，共有 19215 例麻疹病例在总共 218 个设施中向 EWARS 报告。总人群发病率为 2.1%。其中，7687 例（40%）发生在年龄<5 岁的儿童中。麻疹在男性中的发病率高于女性。
详细报告所有可通过疫苗预防的疾病的爆发对于确保在未来的人道主义危机中能够做出适当的疫苗接种决策至关重要。
