TY - JOUR
T1 - Pattern of varicella and associated complications in children in United Arab Emirates
T2 - 5-Year descriptive study
AU - Uduman, S. A.
AU - Sheek-Hussein, M.
AU - Bakir, M.
AU - Trad, O.
AU - Al-Hussani, M.
AU - Uduman, J.
AU - Sheikh, F.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.26719/2009.15.4.800
DO - 10.26719/2009.15.4.800
M3 - Article
C2 - 20187531
AN - SCOPUS:73149104561
SN - 1020-3397
VL - 15
SP - 800
EP - 806
JO - Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal
JF - Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal
IS - 4
ER -